Foul by Jesse Lingard (Manchester United).
Stoke City v Manchester United
- From the section Football
Line-ups
Stoke
- 33GrantBooked at 59mins
- 8Johnson
- 17Shawcross
- 15Martins Indi
- 3PietersBooked at 62mins
- 6Whelan
- 16AdamSubstituted forAfellayat 63'minutes
- 22ShaqiriSubstituted forNgoyat 73'minutes
- 4AllenBooked at 90mins
- 10ArnautovicBooked at 7minsSubstituted forImbulaat 88'minutes
- 25Crouch
Substitutes
- 2Bardsley
- 5Muniesa
- 14Afellay
- 21Imbula
- 24Given
- 27Krkic
- 45Ngoy
Man Utd
- 1de Gea
- 25A Valencia
- 12Smalling
- 4Jones
- 17Blind
- 27FellainiSubstituted forRashfordat 56'minutes
- 21Herrera
- 6Pogba
- 8MataSubstituted forRooneyat 67'minutes
- 9Ibrahimovic
- 22MkhitaryanSubstituted forLingardat 73'minutes
Substitutes
- 10Rooney
- 14Lingard
- 16Carrick
- 19Rashford
- 20Romero
- 31Schweinsteiger
- 36Darmian
- Referee:
- Mark Clattenburg
- Attendance:
- 27,423
Match Stats
Home TeamStokeAway TeamMan Utd
- Possession
- Home35%
- Away65%
- Shots
- Home5
- Away25
- Shots on Target
- Home1
- Away8
- Corners
- Home1
- Away7
- Fouls
- Home13
- Away12
Live Text
Erik Pieters (Stoke City) wins a free kick.
Foul by Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).
Glen Johnson (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Stoke City. Giannelli Imbula replaces Marko Arnautovic.
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Attempt saved. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ander Herrera.
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Phil Jones.
Attempt blocked. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Marko Arnautovic.
Attempt missed. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jesse Lingard with a headed pass.
Attempt saved. Ander Herrera (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesse Lingard.
Attempt blocked. Daley Blind (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wayne Rooney with a cross.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Joe Allen.
Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Wayne Rooney.
Attempt missed. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Daley Blind (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jesse Lingard.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Glenn Whelan.
Attempt blocked. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
Substitution
Substitution, Stoke City. Julien Ngoy replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
Substitution
Substitution, Manchester United. Jesse Lingard replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Attempt blocked. Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Glen Johnson.
Substitution
Substitution, Manchester United. Wayne Rooney replaces Juan Mata.
Attempt saved. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Manchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a through ball.
Attempt saved. Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution
Substitution, Stoke City. Ibrahim Afellay replaces Charlie Adam.
Booking
Erik Pieters (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
Erik Pieters (Stoke City) has gone down, but that's a dive.
Foul by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United).
Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Juan Mata (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Glen Johnson.
Booking
Lee Grant (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
Offside, Manchester United. Paul Pogba tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
Substitution
Substitution, Manchester United. Marcus Rashford replaces Marouane Fellaini.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Charlie Adam (Stoke City).
Attempt blocked. Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.
Attempt missed. Peter Crouch (Stoke City) right footed shot from long range on the left misses to the left. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
TEAM NEWS
Stoke forward Bojan Krkic is available again after missing the victory over Sunderland because of injury.
Mame Diouf, Ramadan Sobhi and Wilfried Bony are at the Africa Cup of Nations but manager Mark Hughes has no fresh injury worries.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has a near full-strength squad to choose from for the trip to Stoke.
Defender Eric Bailly remains unavailable as he is on international duty with the Ivory Coast.
MOTD COMMENTATOR'S NOTES
Simon Brotherton: "Manchester United will aim to extend their unbeaten run to 17 games, but it's four seasons since they last won in the league at Stoke.
"United were left frustrated when the sides met earlier this season, when a rare mistake by David de Gea helped Joe Allen snatch a late equaliser.
"That point lifted Mark Hughes's team off the bottom at the time, but they've improved considerably since, as have United, who haven't lost in the league for three months.
"There are two potential goalscoring landmarks to look out for; Wayne Rooney needs one more to become United's outright record goalscorer, while Peter Crouch is one shy of a century of Premier League goals."
Twitter: @SimonBrotherton
WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY
Stoke manager Mark Hughes: "United for me, is always a huge game and one I love to do well in.
"We're playing them amid the run of a really strong run of form and their team is shaping into a Jose Mourinho side now.
"There is an expectation on United to come here and win, although we want to have something to say about that."
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho: "We are not going to play any match to try to be unbeaten for one more match, or to try to reach 18 or 20, not at all.
"We want to win matches, we try to win matches, we risk to win matches.
"If we lose, we lose, and we lose the unbeaten run. We are not going to Stoke to defend our unbeaten run - it's a very nice run, I have to admit, but we are not going there to defend the record."
LAWRO'S PREDICTION
This is another tough game for United.
Stoke were one of the teams to frustrate them at Old Trafford before Christmas when they were drawing a lot of home games, and I can see them sharing the points again on Saturday.
Prediction: 1-1
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MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Stoke are unbeaten in their last three home league games against Manchester United (W2, D1).
- Bojan Krkic and Marko Arnautovic scored in the Potters' 2-0 home win over United last season.
- United have won just one of their last four clashes with the Potters (D2, L1).
Stoke City
- Stoke have gone four home league games without defeat, keeping three clean sheets, and have lost only one of their last eight at the bet365 Stadium (W4, D3) .
- Peter Crouch needs one more goal to become the 26th player to score 100 in the Premier League. If he achieves the feat on Saturday he would become the first Stoke player to score in four consecutive Premier League matches.
- Mark Hughes has lost only two of his eight home league matches as a manager against Manchester United (W3, D3). The most recent of those was Manchester City's 1-0 defeat in November 2008.
Manchester United
- Manchester United are unbeaten in 16 matches in all competitions (W12, D4), with their last defeat coming on 3 November away to Fenerbahce in the Europa League.
- They could win five consecutive away matches in all competitions for the first time since September to October 2012.
- United haven't conceded more than one goal in a Premier League match since losing 4-0 away to Chelsea on 23 October.
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic's 14 league goals have earned United 11 points this season; no player has won more for his side. Diego Costa has also earned 11 points for Chelsea.
- Jose Mourinho has lost two of his three Premier League visits to Stoke, his joint-highest loss percentage at any Premier League ground (level with the Riverside Stadium).
| SAM's verdict | |
|---|---|
| Most probable score: 1-1 | Probability of draw: 29% |
| Probability of home win: 26% | Probability of away win: 45% |
SAM (Sports Analytics Machine) is a super-computer created by @ProfIanMcHale at the University of Salford that is used to predict the outcome of football matches.