Manchester City 3-0 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 October 2008
Result
Manchester City 3-0 Stoke City
Premier League · Sunday 26 October 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester City 3-0 Stoke City: match report
Manchester City won against Stoke City 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 October 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Robinho opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Robinho (14'), Robinho (47') and Robinho (72'). Stoke City did not score.
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 11th on 10 points from 8 and Stoke City 18th on 7 points from 8. Manchester City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Stoke City 12th with 45.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-L-L-W-L and Stoke City's W-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Robinho
- 47'Goal · Robinho
- 72'Goal · Robinho
- 88'Yellow card · Vincent Kompany
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Joe Hart, Vedran Ćorluka, Martin Petrov, Michael Johnson, Gelson Fernandes, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Elano, Richard Dunne, Sun Jihai
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Leon Cort, Oluwaseyi Olofinjana, Salif Diao, Dave Kitson, Mamady Sidibé, Rory Delap