Manchester United 2-1 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 4 January 2011
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Stoke City
Premier League · Tuesday 4 January 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 2-1 Stoke City: match report
Manchester United beat Stoke City 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 4 January 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Chicharito opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Chicharito (27') and Nani (62'). Stoke City scored through Dean Whitehead (50').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 41 points from 19 and Stoke City 8th on 27 points from 20. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Stoke City 13th with 46.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Stoke City's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Chicharito
- 50'Goal · Dean Whitehead
- 62'Goal · Nani
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Patrice Evra, Chris Smalling, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Darron Gibson, Dimitar Berbatov, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Nani, Ryan Giggs
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Danny Collins, Robert Huth, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Dean Whitehead, Dave Kitson, Rory Delap, Matthew Etherington, Ricardo Fuller