Premiership · Matchday 09

Manchester United v Stoke City

3–2

HT 1–2

Saturday 26th October 2013 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,274

Manchester United beat Stoke City 3–2 at Old Trafford on Saturday 26th October 2013 in the Premiership. Robin van Persie (43'), Wayne Rooney (78') and Javier Hernandez (80') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
4' Peter Crouch 0–1
43' Robin van Persie 1–1
43' Peter Crouch
45' Marko Arnautovic 1–2
45' Ryan Shawcross
Half Time 1–2
58' Adnan Januzaj for Nani
63' Stephen Ireland
65' Wilson Palacios
67' Marc Wilson
68' Javier Hernandez for Cleverley
69' Javier Hernandez
76' Antonio Valencia for Smalling
78' Wayne Rooney Assist: Robin van Persie 2–2
80' Javier Hernandez Assist: Patrice Evra 3–2
84' Robert Huth
90' Antonio Valencia
Full Time 3–2

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

10 Wayne Rooney 78'

20 Robin van Persie 43'

Substitutes

58' for Nani

68' for Cleverley

80'

Antonio Valencia

76' for Smalling

Stoke City Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

1 Asmir Begovic G

3 Erik Pieters LB

4 Robert Huth CD-L

8 Wilson Palacios RM

10 Marko Arnautovic AM-L ⚽

15 Steven N'Zonzi LM

17 Ryan Shawcross CD-R

19 Jonathan Walters AM-R

20 Geoff Cameron RB

25 Peter Crouch F ⚽

32 Stephen Ireland AM

Substitutes

6 Glenn Whelan on

9 Kenwyne Jones

12 Marc Wilson on

16 Charlie Adam on

24 Oussama Assaidi

28 Andy Wilkinson

29 Thomas Sorensen

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

Managers

MUFC

David Moyes

Manchester United

OPP

Mark Hughes

Stoke City

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Stoke City

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Stoke City

66%

Possession

34%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Stoke City History

Meeting 98 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 98 times: 40W 32D 26L.

31 Jan 2012 W 2–0 PL 20 Oct 2012 W 4–2 PL 14 Apr 2013 W 2–0 PL

26 Oct 2013 W 3–2 This match

18 Dec 2013 W 2–0 LC 1 Feb 2014 L 1–2 PL 2 Dec 2014 W 2–1 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

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 →