Manchester City 3-0 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 17 May 2011
Result
Manchester City 3-0 Stoke City
Premier League · Tuesday 17 May 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester City 3-0 Stoke City: match report
Manchester City defeated Stoke City 3-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 17 May 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.
C. Tevez opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Manchester City's goals came from C. Tevez (14'), Joleon Lescott (53') and C. Tevez (65'). Stoke City did not score.
Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 65 points from 36 and Stoke City 9th on 46 points from 36. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Stoke City 13th with 46.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-5-1 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-L-W-W-L and Stoke City's W-D-W-D-L.
Key events
- 14'Goal · C. Tevez
- 35'Yellow card · Ryan Shawcross
- 51'Yellow card · Andy Wilkinson
- 53'Goal · Joleon Lescott
- 65'Goal · C. Tevez
- 81'Yellow card · Salif Diao
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-5-1)
Wayne Bridge, Nigel de Jong, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Gareth Barry, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Asmir Begović, Robert Huth, Danny Higginbotham, Abdoulaye Faye, Dean Whitehead, Dave Kitson