Premiership · Matchday 08

Manchester United v Stoke City

4–2

HT 2–1

Saturday 20th October 2012 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,585

Manchester United beat Stoke City 4–2 at Old Trafford on Saturday 20th October 2012 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (27', 65'), Robin van Persie (44') and Danny Welbeck (46') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
11' Wayne Rooney OG 0–1
27' Wayne Rooney Assist: Robin van Persie 1–1
29' Michael Kightly
41' Paul Scholes
44' Robin van Persie Assist: Luis Antonio Valencia 2–1
Half Time 2–1
46' Danny Welbeck Assist: Wayne Rooney 3–1
58' Michael Kightly 3–2
65' Wayne Rooney Assist: Danny Welbeck 4–2
70' Oliveira Anderson for Scholes
74' Luis Nani for Valencia
78' Javier Hernandez for Welbeck
Full Time 4–2

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

10 Wayne Rooney 27', 65', 11'

16 Michael Carrick

19 Danny Welbeck 46'

20 Robin van Persie 44'

Substitutes

70' for Scholes

74' for Valencia

78' for Welbeck

Stoke City Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

1 Asmir Begovic G

2 Geoff Cameron RB

4 Robert Huth CD-L

12 Marc Wilson LB

15 Steven N'Zonzi CM-L

16 Charlie Adam AM

17 Ryan Shawcross CD-R

18 Dean Whitehead CM-R

19 Jonathan Walters RM

21 Michael Kightly LM ⚽

25 Peter Crouch F

Substitutes

8 Wilson Palacios on

9 Kenwyne Jones

10 Michael Owen on

20 Matt Upson

26 Matthew Etherington on

28 Andy Wilkinson

29 Thomas Sorensen

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Tony Pulis

Stoke City

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Stoke City

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Stoke City

65%

Possession

35%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Stoke City History

Meeting 96 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 96 times: 38W 32D 26L.

4 Jan 2011 W 2–1 PL 24 Sep 2011 D 1–1 PL 31 Jan 2012 W 2–0 PL

20 Oct 2012 W 4–2 This match

14 Apr 2013 W 2–0 PL 26 Oct 2013 W 3–2 PL 18 Dec 2013 W 2–0 LC

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

All 108 meetings with Stoke City →

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