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Man United 4-2 Stoke City - October 20, 2012 / Premier League 2012/2013

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Premier League 2012/2013 - Round 8

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

October 20, 2012 - 14:00

75 585

Man United

4 - 2

Stoke City

Assist by Robin van Persie (header) Wayne Rooney

27'

Assist by Luis Antonio Valencia (left foot) Robin van Persie

45'

Assist by Wayne Rooney (header) Danny Welbeck

46'

Assist by Danny WelbeckWayne Rooney

65'

11'

Wayne Rooney (o.g)

59'

Michael Kightly (left foot)

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11' - Own goal Wayne Rooney

27' - Goal Wayne Rooney27

45' - Goal Robin van Persie45

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46' - Goal Danny Welbeck46

59' - Goal Michael Kightly

65' - Goal Wayne Rooney65

70' - Substitution Paul Scholesis substituted by Anderson70

70' - Substitution Jonathan Waltersis substituted by Matthew Etherington

74' - Substitution Luis Antonio Valenciais substituted by Nani74

74' - Substitution Michael Kightlyis substituted by Michael Owen

78' - Substitution Danny Welbeckis substituted by Javier Hernández78

86' - Substitution Dean Whiteheadis substituted by Wilson Palacios

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

4 - 2

Stoke City

Man United Stoke City

Team line-ups

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20van Persie45

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

19Welbeck4678

Danny Welbeck

England

B.date26/11/1990

Age21 years

H1m85

positionStriker

10Rooney276511

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age26 years

H1m76

positionStriker

7Valencia74

Luis Antonio Valencia

Ecuador

B.date04/08/1985

Age27 years

H1m81

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

16Carrick

Michael Carrick

England

B.date28/07/1981

Age31 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

22Scholes70

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age37 years

H1m71

positionLeft central midfielder

3Evra

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age31 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

6Evans

Jonny Evans

Northern Ireland

B.date03/01/1988

Age24 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

5Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age33 years

H1m95

positionRight central defender

2Rafael

Rafael

Brazil

B.date09/07/1990

Age22 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

1De Gea

David De Gea

Spain

B.date07/11/1990

Age21 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David De Gea		21	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand		33	405	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jonny Evans		24	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Rafael		22	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrice Evra		31	301	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Michael Carrick		31	281	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Paul Scholes	70	37	705	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Luis Antonio Valencia	74	27	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Robin van Persie	45	29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Danny Welbeck	4678	21	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Wayne Rooney	276511	26	372	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

231

Stoke City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

25Crouch

Peter Crouch

England

B.date30/01/1981

Age31 years

H2m101

positionStriker

21Kightly5974

Michael Kightly

England

B.date24/01/1986

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

15Nzonzi

Steven Nzonzi

France

B.date15/12/1988

Age23 years

H1m96

positionLeft central midfielder

16Adam

Charlie Adam

Scotland

B.date10/12/1985

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

18Whitehead86

Dean Whitehead

England

B.date12/01/1982

Age30 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

19Walters70

Jonathan Walters

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/09/1983

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

12Wilson

Marc Wilson

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/08/1987

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

4Huth

Robert Huth

Germany

B.date18/08/1984

Age28 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

17Shawcross

Ryan Shawcross

England

B.date04/10/1987

Age25 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

2Cameron

Geoff Cameron

United States

B.date11/07/1985

Age27 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

1Begovic

Asmir Begovic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date20/06/1987

Age25 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Asmir Begovic		25	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Marc Wilson		25	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Ryan Shawcross		25	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Robert Huth		28	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Geoff Cameron		27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Dean Whitehead	86	30	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Michael Kightly	5974	26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Charlie Adam		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Steven Nzonzi		23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Jonathan Walters	70	29	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Peter Crouch		31	49	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

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
8	M	Anderson	70	24	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Javier Hernández	78	24	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Nani	74	25	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
26	M	Matthew Etherington	70	31	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Wilson Palacios	86	28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Michael Owen	74	32	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Scholes

Shinji Kagawa

OUT

Luis Antonio Valencia

Tom Cleverley

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dean Whitehead

Glenn Whelan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1460

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Ferguson vs Stoke City

9 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 20, 2012

Ferguson vs Pulis

8 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 20, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Pulis

431

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Pulis vs Man United

0 victory

1 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on October 20, 2012

Pulis vs Ferguson

0 victory

1 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on October 20, 2012

Referee

Anthony Taylor

29 victories	6 draws	14 losses	Man United49 matches	General total	Stoke City26 matches	7 victories	6 draws	13 losses
3 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Man United4 matches	Season total	Stoke City2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 01, 2024					Latest figure on May 13, 2018

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Key figures

It's the first time Danny Welbeck scores a goal in his professional career with since the 22/04/2012 (with vs )

Man United keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Stoke City at home running (since 16/09/1931). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 29/03/1924 (4 matches)

It's the first time Robin van Persie scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

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Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 2-0 Swansea06/05/2012

VManchester United 3-2 Fulham25/08/2012

VManchester United 4-0 Wigan15/09/2012

VManchester United 1-0 Galatasaray19/09/2012

VManchester United 2-1 Newcastle United26/09/2012

LManchester United 2-3 Tottenham29/09/2012

Overall

VManchester United 1-0 Galatasaray19/09/2012

VLiverpool 1-2 Manchester United23/09/2012

VManchester United 2-1 Newcastle United26/09/2012

LManchester United 2-3 Tottenham29/09/2012

VCFR Cluj-Napoca 1-2 Manchester United02/10/2012

VNewcastle United 0-3 Manchester United07/10/2012

Current form

Away

LNewcastle United 3-0 Stoke City21/04/2012

LQueens Park Rangers 1-0 Stoke City06/05/2012

DReading 1-1 Stoke City18/08/2012

DWigan 2-2 Stoke City01/09/2012

LChelsea 1-0 Stoke City22/09/2012

DLiverpool 0-0 Stoke City07/10/2012

Overall

LStoke City 3-4 Swindon Town28/08/2012

DWigan 2-2 Stoke City01/09/2012

DStoke City 1-1 Manchester City15/09/2012

LChelsea 1-0 Stoke City22/09/2012

VStoke City 2-0 Swansea29/09/2012

DLiverpool 0-0 Stoke City07/10/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	6	13
Scoring streak	56	9
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	12	1
Goalless streak	2	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

6	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	114
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	12

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
5	Victories (Competition total)	1
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	5
0	Draws (Home / Away)	3
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

17	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
2.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.86
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.75
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.71
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	15
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Robin van Persie	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Peter Crouch
Shinji Kagawa	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Peter Crouch
Robin van Persie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jonathan Walters
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Jonathan Walters
Wayne Rooney	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Jonathan Walters
Patrice Evra	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Jonathan Walters
Robin van Persie	5 goals, 2 assists during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 5 matches	Peter Crouch

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

24 v

16 d

7 l

85 gf

37 ga

Away

46 matches

12 v

16 d

18 l

51 gf

72 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

4 ga

Total

95 matches

37 v

32 d

26 l

141 gf

113 ga

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

18 v

16 d

12 l

72 gf

51 ga

Away

47 matches

7 v

16 d

24 l

37 gf

85 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

5 ga

Total

95 matches

26 v

32 d

37 l

113 gf

141 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 15, 2008
Home	5 - 0	November 15, 2008

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	January 07, 1893
Away	2 - 0	December 09, 1972

Latest head to head

January 31, 2012 - Premier League 2011/2012

Man United

2 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

September 24, 2011 - Premier League 2011/2012

Stoke City

1 - 1

Man United

January 04, 2011 - Premier League 2010/2011

Man United

2 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

October 24, 2010 - Premier League 2010/2011

Stoke City

1 - 2

Man United

May 09, 2010 - Premier League 2009/2010

Man United

4 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

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
Javier Hernández	4 goals	2010 - 2012
Lou Macari	4 goals	1973 - 1980

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 Man United

John Ritchie	13 goals	1963 - 1974
Peter Dobing	4 goals	1963 - 1971
Alan Bloor	3 goals	1965 - 1977
Jimmy Greenhoff	2 goals	1972 - 1973
Terry Conroy	2 goals	1970 - 1972
Denis Smith	2 goals	1970 - 1972

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
Denis Law	17 matches	1963 - 1972
Pat Crerand	17 matches	1963 - 1971

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