Manchester United 2-1 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 2 December 2014
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Stoke City
Premier League · Tuesday 2 December 2014, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Manchester United 2-1 Stoke City: match report
Manchester United defeated Stoke City 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 2 December 2014. The half-time score was 1-1.
Marouane Fellaini opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Manchester United's goals came from Marouane Fellaini (21') and Juan Mata (59'). Stoke City scored through S. Nzonzi (39').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 5th on 23 points from 13 and Stoke City 12th on 14 points from 13. Manchester United went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Stoke City 9th with 53.
Manchester United lined up in a 3-4-3 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-L-D and Stoke City's L-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Marouane Fellaini
- 39'Goal · S. Nzonzi
- 41'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 58'Yellow card · Erik Pieters
- 59'Goal · Juan Mata
- 60'Yellow card · Ander Herrera
- 72'Yellow card · Stephen Ireland
- 90+2'Yellow card · A. Young
- 90+4'Yellow card · M. Wilson
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (3-4-3)
David de Gea, Luke Shaw, Daley Blind, Antonio Valencia, Marcos Rojo, Chris Smalling, Wayne Mark Rooney, Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María, Marouane Fellaini
Stoke City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Asmir Begović, Ryan Shawcross, Erik Pieters, Geoff Cameron, Phil Bardsley, Steven Nzonzi, Marc Wilson, Victor Moses, Jonathan Walters, Mame Diouf