Manchester City 2-0 Stoke City: result and report

Manchester City 2-0 Stoke City

Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City beat Stoke City 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 1 January 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.

Pablo Zabaleta opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Manchester City's goals came from Pablo Zabaleta (43'), Edin Dzeko (56') and Sergio Agüero (74', penalty). Stoke City did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 40 points from 20 and Stoke City 8th on 29 points from 20. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Stoke City 13th with 41.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 4 draws and 1 for Stoke City.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-L-W-W-L and Stoke City's D-W-D-D-D.