Manchester City 2-0 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2009
Result
Manchester City 2-0 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Manchester City 2-0 Stoke City: match report
Manchester City beat Stoke City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 December 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.
Martin Petrov opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Martin Petrov (28') and C. Tevez (44'). Stoke City did not score.
Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 6th on 29 points from 17 and Stoke City 11th on 21 points from 17. Manchester City went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Stoke City 11th with 47.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 0 draws and 1 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-L-D-W-D and Stoke City's L-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Martin Petrov
- 36'Yellow card · Salif Diao
- 44'Goal · C. Tevez
- 80'Yellow card · Glenn Whelan
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Shay Given, Wayne Bridge, Joleon Lescott, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nigel de Jong, Gareth Barry, Stephen Ireland, Emmanuel Adebayor
Stoke City line-up (4-3-3)
Thomas Sorensen, Danny Higginbotham, Danny Collins, Abdoulaye Faye, Andy Wilkinson, Glenn Whelan, Salif Diao, Dean Whitehead, Mamady Sidibé, Sanli Tuncay, Matthew Etherington