Manchester United have won all five of their previous Barclays Premier League home games against Stoke City. Stoke City have lost more Barclays Premier League games against Man Utd than versus any other side (9). Manchester United’s 11 point tally is their worst return from a top-flight season since 1989-90 (eight points). Stoke have failed to score in three successive Barclays Premier League games – they have never failed to score in four in a row. Robin van Persie has scored eight goals in seven Premier League games against Stoke – only versus Blackburn (11) has he scored more. Mark Hughes’ next victory will be his 100th as a manager in the Barclays Premier League. Man Utd have not won either of their last two league games at Old Trafford – the last time that they failed to win three in a row there within a single season was back in October 2005. Stoke have only collected fewer points from their opening eight games to a Premier League season on one previous occasion – their first PL campaign in 2008-09 (7). The Potters have the worst shots to goals ratio in the Premier League this season (5.1%). 24 different players have started a Premier League game for Manchester United this season; more than any other side. They only started 24 different players in the whole of 2012-13.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 02:48:36 +0000