STOKE VS MANCHESTER UTD... * Manchester United have won 11 and lost just one of the 13 Premier League meetings with Stoke City. * Robin van Persie has scored 10 goals in 10 Premier League appearances against the Potters, including four in five for Manchester United. * Mark Hughes played 467 times for Manchester United in all competitions – the all-time 14th highest appearance maker for the club. * Man Utd have won five and lost just one of their last seven away games in all competitions against Stoke. * The Red Devils have won six and lost just two of their 11 Premier League matches played on New Year’s Day. * Stoke have only beaten Manchester United once in 13 Premier League meetings but that came in the sides last Britannia Stadium clash in February when Charlie Adam (left) struck the winning goal in a 2-1 victory * Stoke are looking to record three successive Premier League clean sheets for only the second time (after April 2010). * Wayne Rooney needs two more goals to become the first player in Premier League history to score 10-plus goals in 11 consecutive seasons. * Rooney has provided five goals and two assists in his last seven Premier League appearances. * Peter Crouch has scored only twice in 20 Premier League appearances against Man Utd but both have come for Stoke. * Former Manchester United forward Mame Biram Diouf scored a brace for Stoke on Sunday, the first player to score multiple goals for the Potters in a Premier League game since Jonathan Walters on Boxing Day 2012.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 15:08:19 +0000
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