Premiership · Matchday 18
Stoke City v Manchester United
2–0
HT 2–0
Manchester United lost 0–2 to Stoke City at Britannia Stadium, Stoke on Saturday 26th December 2015 in the Premiership.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 19' Bojan Krkic Assist: Glen Johnson 1–0
- 25' Ashley Young
- 26' Marko Arnautovic 2–0
- 45' Wayne Rooney for Depay
- Half Time 2–0
- 49' Bojan Krkic
- 82' Andreas Pereira for Herrera
- 83' Andreas Pereira
- Full Time 2–0
Starting XI
Player
Stoke City Lineup
4-2-3-1
Starting XI
1 Jack Butland G
3 Erik Pieters LB
6 Glenn Whelan LM
8 Glen Johnson RB
10 Marko Arnautovic AM-L ⚽
14 Ibrahim Afellay AM
17 Ryan Shawcross CD-R
20 Geoff Cameron RM
22 Xherdan Shaqiri AM-R
26 Philipp Wollscheid CD-L
27 Bojan Krkic F ⚽
Substitutes
11 Joselu
12 Marc Wilson
15 Marco van Ginkel on
16 Charlie Adam on
18 Mame Biram Diouf on
19 Jonathan Walters
29 Jakob Haugaard
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Louis van Gaal
Manchester United
OPP
Mark Hughes
Stoke City
Match Information
Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
Stoke City
4-2-3-1
United vs Stoke City History
Meeting 103 of 108
108
Played
44
Won
36
Drawn
28
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 103 times: 42W 33D 28L.
1 Feb 2014 L 1–2 PL 2 Dec 2014 W 2–1 PL 1 Jan 2015 D 1–1 PL
26 Dec 2015 L 0–2 This match
2 Feb 2016 W 3–0 PL 2 Oct 2016 D 1–1 PL 21 Jan 2017 D 1–1 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 |
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 →