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Stoke City 0-2 Man United - September 26, 2009 / Premier League 2009/2010

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Premier League 2009/2010 - Journée 7

Britannia Stadium - Stoke-on-Trent - England

September 26, 2009

27 500

0 - 2

Man United

62'

Dimitar BerbatovAssist by Ryan Giggs

77'

John O'SheaAssist by Ryan Giggs

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55' - Substitution Naniis substituted by Ryan Giggs

62' - Goal Dimitar Berbatov

72' - Substitution Dean Whiteheadis substituted by Sanli Tuncay72

73' - Substitution Dave Kitsonis substituted by James Beattie73

77' - Goal John O'Shea

81' - Substitution Paul Scholesis substituted by Michael Carrick photo Michael Owen

81' - Substitution Wayne Rooneyis substituted by Michael Owen

86' - Substitution Liam Lawrenceis substituted by Danny Pugh86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Stoke City

0 - 2

Man United

Stoke City Man United

Team line-ups

Stoke City

Sorensen

Thomas Sorensen

Denmark

B.date12/06/1976

Age33 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Collins

Danny Collins

Wales

B.date06/08/1980

Age29 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Huth

Robert Huth

Germany

B.date18/08/1984

Age25 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Shawcross

Ryan Shawcross

England

B.date04/10/1987

Age21 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Faye

Abdoulaye Faye

Senegal

B.date26/02/1978

Age31 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Whitehead72

Dean Whitehead

England

B.date12/01/1982

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Lawrence86

Liam Lawrence

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/12/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Delap

Rory Delap

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/07/1976

Age33 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Whelan

Glenn Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/01/1984

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Etherington

Matthew Etherington

England

B.date14/08/1981

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

Kitson73

Dave Kitson

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age29 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Thomas Sorensen		33	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Collins		29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Huth		25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Shawcross		21	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Abdoulaye Faye		31	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Whitehead	72	27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Lawrence	86	27	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rory Delap		33	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glenn Whelan		25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthew Etherington		28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Kitson	73	29	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Foster

Ben Foster

England

B.date03/04/1983

Age26 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

Vidic

Nemanja Vidic

Serbia

B.date21/10/1981

Age27 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age30 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

Evra

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age28 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

O'Shea77

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age28 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

Scholes81

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age34 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Fletcher

Darren Fletcher

Scotland

B.date01/02/1984

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Valencia

Luis Antonio Valencia

Ecuador

B.date04/08/1985

Age24 years

H1m81

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Rooney81

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age23 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Nani55

Nani

Portugal

B.date17/11/1986

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Berbatov62

Dimitar Berbatov

Bulgaria

B.date30/01/1981

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ben Foster		26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nemanja Vidic		27	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rio Ferdinand		30	314	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Patrice Evra		28	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John O'Shea	77	28	348	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes	81	34	611	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Fletcher		25	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Antonio Valencia		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Rooney	81	23	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nani	55	22	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dimitar Berbatov	62	28	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

201

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Danny Pugh	86	26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sanli Tuncay	72	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Beattie	73	31	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Michael Carrick	81	28	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs	55	35	813	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Owen	81	29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dave Kitson

James Beattie

OUT

Thomas Sorensen

Steve Simonsen

OUT

Dean Whitehead

Danny Pugh

OUT

Rory Delap

Tom Soares

OUT

Danny Collins

Leon Cort

OUT

Robert Huth

Danny Higginbotham

OUT

Ryan Shawcross

Andy Griffin

OUT

Abdoulaye Faye

Sanli Tuncay

OUT

Glenn Whelan

Diego Arismendi

OUT

Matthew Etherington

Andy Wilkinson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Wayne Rooney

Michael Owen

OUT

Patrice Evra

Gary Neville

OUT

Nemanja Vidic

Wes Brown

OUT

Ben Foster

Tomasz Kuszczak

OUT

Paul Scholes

Darron Gibson

OUT

Rio Ferdinand

Jonny Evans

OUT

Dimitar Berbatov

Danny Welbeck

OUT

John O'Shea

Fabio

OUT

Darren Fletcher

Michael Carrick

OUT

Luis Antonio Valencia

Federico Macheda

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Pulis

281

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Pulis vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 2009

Pulis vs Ferguson

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1289

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Ferguson vs Stoke City

4 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 26, 2009

Ferguson vs Pulis

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 26, 2009

Referee

Howard Webb

12 victories	9 draws	5 losses	Stoke City26 matches	General total	Man United44 matches	28 victories	5 draws	11 losses
2 victories	4 draws	1 loss	Stoke City7 matches	Season total	Man United5 matches	3 victories	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 19, 2014					Latest figure on January 01, 2014

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Key figures

It's the first time Dimitar Berbatov scores a goal vs Stoke City in his professional career since the 15/11/2008 (with Manchester United vs Stoke City )

Stoke City keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 18/04/2009). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 17/10/2006-05/01/2007 time period (9 matches).

No Manchester United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Sir Alex Ferguson has reached 59% of wins .

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LStoke City 0-1 West Ham02/05/2009

VStoke City 2-0 Wigan16/05/2009

VStoke City 2-0 Burnley15/08/2009

VStoke City 1-0 Sunderland29/08/2009

LStoke City 1-2 Chelsea12/09/2009

VStoke City 4-3 Blackpool22/09/2009

Overall

DBirmingham City 0-0 Stoke City22/08/2009

VLeyton Orient 0-1 Stoke City26/08/2009

VStoke City 1-0 Sunderland29/08/2009

LStoke City 1-2 Chelsea12/09/2009

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Stoke City19/09/2009

VStoke City 4-3 Blackpool22/09/2009

Current form

Away

VWigan 1-2 Manchester United13/05/2009

VHull City 0-1 Manchester United24/05/2009

LBurnley 1-0 Manchester United19/08/2009

VWigan 0-5 Manchester United22/08/2009

VTottenham 1-3 Manchester United12/09/2009

VBesiktas 0-1 Manchester United15/09/2009

Overall

VWigan 0-5 Manchester United22/08/2009

VManchester United 2-1 Arsenal29/08/2009

VTottenham 1-3 Manchester United12/09/2009

VBesiktas 0-1 Manchester United15/09/2009

VManchester United 4-3 Manchester City20/09/2009

VManchester United 1-0 Wolverhampton23/09/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	7	1
Scoring streak	5	5
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	6
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	13	8
Scoring streak	3	6
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

107	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	2
10	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	5
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.67
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (1 times)

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Dave Kitson	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Wayne Rooney
Abdoulaye Faye	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Wayne Rooney
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Wayne Rooney
Ricardo Fuller	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Ryan Giggs
Liam Lawrence	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Paul Scholes
Dave Kitson	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 3 assists during the last 2 matches	Ryan Giggs

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

18 v

15 d

10 l

70 gf

46 ga

Away

44 matches

7 v

16 d

21 l

36 gf

77 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

5 ga

Total

89 matches

26 v

31 d

32 l

110 gf

128 ga

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

21 v

16 d

7 l

77 gf

36 ga

Away

43 matches

10 v

15 d

18 l

46 gf

70 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

4 ga

Total

89 matches

32 v

31 d

26 l

128 gf

110 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	January 07, 1893
Home	7 - 1	January 07, 1893

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 15, 2008
Away	3 - 0	January 23, 1982

Latest head to head

December 26, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Stoke City

0 - 1

Man United

November 15, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Man United

5 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

October 06, 1993 - League Cup 1993/1994

Man United

2 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

September 22, 1993 - League Cup 1993/1994

Stoke City

2 - 1

Man United

April 06, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

Man United

5 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

Best historical scorers against Man United

John Ritchie	13 goals	1963 - 1974
Peter Dobing	4 goals	1963 - 1971
Alan Bloor	3 goals	1965 - 1977
Calvin Palmer	2 goals	1964 - 1966
Harry Burrows	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Garth Crooks	2 goals	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1971
George Best	7 goals	1968 - 1972
David Herd	6 goals	1963 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1964 - 1972
Lou Macari	4 goals	1973 - 1980
Frank Stapleton	2 goals	1982 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Alan Bloor	25 matches	1965 - 1977
Terry Conroy	19 matches	1968 - 1977
Denis Smith	19 matches	1969 - 1982
Eric Skeels	18 matches	1963 - 1975
Peter Dobing	17 matches	1963 - 1972
John Ritchie	17 matches	1963 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Bobby Charlton	27 matches	1963 - 1973
George Best	25 matches	1964 - 1972
Alex Stepney	24 matches	1967 - 1977
Tony Dunne	21 matches	1963 - 1972
Pat Crerand	17 matches	1963 - 1971
Denis Law	17 matches	1963 - 1972