Premiership · Matchday 12

Manchester United v Stoke City

5–0

Saturday 15th November 2008 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,369

Manchester United beat Stoke City 5–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 15th November 2008 in the Premiership. Cristiano Ronaldo (3', 89'), Michael Carrick (45'), Dimitar Berbatov (49') and Danny Welbeck (84') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
3' Cristiano Ronaldo 1–0
43' Ricardo Fuller
45' Michael Carrick 2–0
Half Time
48' Rory Delap
49' Dimitar Berbatov 3–0
62' Patrice Evra
63' Darron Gibson for Fletcher
63' Danny Welbeck for Park
75' Manucho for Tevez
84' Danny Welbeck 4–0
89' Cristiano Ronaldo 5–0
Full Time 5–0

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

1 Edwin van der Sar

3 Patrice Evra

7 Cristiano Ronaldo 3', 89'

9 Dimitar Berbatov 49'

13 Ji-Sung Park

15 Nemanja Vidic

16 Michael Carrick 45'

Substitutes

63' for Fletcher

63' for Park

84'

Manucho

75' for Tevez

Stoke City Lineup

Starting XI

2 Andy Griffin RB

3 Danny Higginbotham LB

4 Seyi Olofinjana RM

10 Ricardo Fuller CF-R

11 Mamady Sidibe CF-L

17 Ryan Shawcross CD-R

18 Salif Diao CM-R

19 Amdy Faye CM-L

24 Rory Delap LM

25 Abdoulaye Faye CD-L

29 Thomas Sorensen G

Substitutes

1 Steve Simonsen

5 Leon Cort

6 Glenn Whelan

9 Richard Cresswell on

12 Dave Kitson on

23 Michael Tonge

28 Andy Wilkinson on

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Tony Pulis

Stoke City

Match Information

Man Utd Stoke City

68%

Possession

32%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Stoke City History

Meeting 88 of 108

108

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

166

Goals For

127

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 7th January 1893. After this match United had played Stoke City 88 times: 31W 31D 26L.

6 Apr 1985 W 5–0 D1 22 Sep 1993 L 1–2 LC 6 Oct 1993 W 2–0 LC

15 Nov 2008 W 5–0 This match

26 Dec 2008 W 1–0 PL 26 Sep 2009 W 2–0 PL 9 May 2010 W 4–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	53	29	17	7	101	43	54.7
Away	53	14	19	20	61	79	26.4
Neutral	2	1	0	1	4	5	50.0

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →