English Premier League

FT Monday, January 15, 2018
Stoke City WDLLL 0
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Manchester United DDDWW 3
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MAN213
Old Trafford · 74,726 att.

Match Report

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Pogba, Martial star as Man United shrink City's lead to 12 points

Manchester United gained ground on Manchester City after comfortably seeing off Stoke 3-0 at Old Trafford on Monday night.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
6
6
Saves
5
39.7
Possession
60.3
11
SHOTS
20
5
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
326
Accurate Passes
542
395
Passes
604
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
2
9
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
49
25
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
10
16
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
12
16
Clearances
12

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

MAN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 4Phil JonesCD-L
  3. 12Chris SmallingCD-R
  4. 23Luke ShawLB
  5. 25Antonio ValenciaRB
  6. 14Jesse LingardAM
  7. 31Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 6Paul PogbaRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 11Anthony MartialAM-L
  11. 8Juan MataAM-R

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 15Bruno Martins IndiCD-L
  3. 6Kurt ZoumaCD-R
  4. 12Josh TymonLB
  5. 2Moritz BauerRB
  6. 7Stephen IrelandAM
  7. 24Darren FletcherLM
  8. 4Joe AllenRM
  9. 25Peter CrouchF
  10. 10Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingAM-L
  11. 22Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Manchester United 1, Stoke City 0. Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
  2. 38' Goal! Manchester United 2, Stoke City 0. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
  3. 45' Substitution, Stoke City. Kevin Wimmer replaces Josh Tymon.
  4. 61' Substitution, Stoke City. Ramadan Sobhi replaces Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
  5. 63' Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 67' Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 68' Stephen Ireland (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 70' Substitution, Stoke City. Mame Biram Diouf replaces Peter Crouch.
  9. 72' Goal! Manchester United 3, Stoke City 0. Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Martial.
  10. 80' Substitution, Manchester United. Marouane Fellaini replaces Jesse Lingard.
  11. 80' Substitution, Manchester United. Marcus Rashford replaces Anthony Martial.
  12. 83' Substitution, Manchester United. Scott McTominay replaces Juan Mata.

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