English Premier League

FT Friday, December 26, 2008
Manchester United WDDWW 1
–
Stoke City DLDDL 0
bet365 Stadium · 27,500 att.

Team Stats

9
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
4
74.4
Possession
25.6
21
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
515
Accurate Passes
118
591
Passes
203
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
8
Accurate Crosses
1
32
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.1
63
Long Balls
47
46
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.7
Long Balls %
0.3
7
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
30
Effective Clearances
14
47
Clearances
25

Head to Head

MAN leads series 1-0

Lineups

STK · 4-4-2

  1. 29Thomas SorensenG
  2. 25Abdoulaye FayeCD-L
  3. 17Ryan ShawcrossCD-R
  4. 3Danny HigginbothamLB
  5. 28Andy WilkinsonRB
  6. 19Amdy FayeCM-L
  7. 6Glenn WhelanCM-R
  8. 14Danny PughLM
  9. 24Rory DelapRM
  10. 9Richard CresswellCF-L
  11. 10Ricardo FullerCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Liam LawrenceSUB
  2. 33Ibrahima SonkoSUB
  3. 4Seyi OlofinjanaSUB
  4. 23Michael TongeSUB
  5. 1Steve SimonsenSUB
  6. 21Andrew DaviesSUB
  7. 15Vincent PericardSUB

MAN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Edwin van der SarG
  2. 23Jonny EvansCD-L
  3. 5Rio FerdinandCD-R
  4. 15Nemanja VidićCD-R
  5. 22John O'SheaLB
  6. 2Gary NevilleRB
  7. 24Darren FletcherCM-L
  8. 18Paul ScholesCM-R
  9. 11Ryan GiggsLM
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoRM
  11. 10Wayne RooneyCF-L
  12. 32Carlos TevezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Michael CarrickSUB
  2. 29Tomasz KuszczakSUB
  3. 13Park Ji-SungSUB
  4. 23Jonny EvansSUB
  5. 9Dimitar BerbatovSUB
  6. 21RafaelSUB
  7. 19Danny WelbeckSUB
  8. 28Darron GibsonSUB

Timeline

  1. 64'
  2. 74'
  3. 83'
  4. 90'
  5. 90'
  6. 90'+2'

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