Premier League
Man City vs Stoke
City of Manchester Stadium
Sat, Dec 26 2009
kick off:15:00 GMT
Referee: Lee Mason
squads
Manchester City: Given, Taylor, Richards, Zabaleta, Toure, Sylvinho, Garrido, Kompany, De Jong, Ireland, Barry, Robinho, Petrov, Wright-Phillips, Adebayor, Tevez, Santa Cruz, Weiss.
Stoke City: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Faye, Collins, Lawrence, Huth, Diao, Delap, Etherington, Whitehead, Sidibe, Beattie, Fuller, Tuncay, Whelan, Simonsen, Higginbotham, Cort.
Man City
Suspended: None
Doubtful: Adebayor & Wright-Phillips (both ankle), Richards (knee)
Injured: Bridge, Johnson & Lescott (all knee), Onuoha (calf)
Stoke
Suspended: None Doubtful: Shawcross (groin)
Injured: Amdy Faye (back)
| L A S T 6 M A T C H E S | |||||
| Manchester City | Stoke City | ||||
| 19.12 | Manchester City – Sunderland | 4 : 3 | 19.12 | Aston Villa – Stoke City | 1 : 0 |
| 16.12 | Tottenham – Manchester City | 3 : 0 | 16.12 | Stoke City – Wigan | 2 : 2 |
| 12.12 | Bolton – Manchester City | 3 : 3 | 12.12 | Arsenal – Stoke City | 2 : 0 |
| 05.12 | Manchester City – Chelsea | 2 : 1 | 05.12 | Blackburn – Stoke City | 0 : 0 |
| 28.11 | Manchester City – Hull City | 1 : 1 | 28.11 | Stoke City – Portsmouth | 1 : 0 |
| 21.11 | Liverpool – Manchester City | 2 : 2 | 21.11 | Hull City – Stoke City | 2 : 1 |
| R E C E N T L E A G U E F O R M (L A S T 10 M A T C H E S) | ||||||||||
| Stoke City | ||||||||||
| 19.12 | 12.12 | 05.12 | 28.11 | 22.11 | 08.11 | 31.10 | 24.10 | 17.10 | 04.10 | |
| Result (Win,Draw,Lose) | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | D |
| Home/Away | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Under/Over (2,5 goal) | U | O | U | U | U | O | O | U | O | U |
| Clean Sheet | – | – | – | + | + | – | – | + | – | – |
| Fail To Score | + | – | + | + | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Score First | – | – | – | – | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Opponent Scores First | + | + | + | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Half Time/Full Time | D/L | D/D | L/L | D/D | D/W | W/L | W/D | D/W | D/W | D/D |
| Early goal (1-25 min) | – | + | – | – | – | – | + | – | + | – |
Head-to-head
Stoke ended a four-match losing streak against Manchester City when the clubs last met, in January. James Beattie scored the only goal of the game at the Britannia Stadium.
None of the last 14 meetings between the two teams have ended in a draw – Man City have won nine, Stoke have won five.
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Man City
Tevez: 9 goals (6 league);
Adebayor & Bellamy: 6 goals (6 league)
Stoke
Tuncay: 3 goals (3 league – 2 for Middlesbrough);
Beattie: 3 goals (3 league); Etherington: 3 goals (2 league)
MOST RECENT MEETING
Stoke 1-0 Man City (31 January 2009)
Stoke scorer: Beattie 45
| Goal scorers: 28′ [1 : 0] Martin Petrov 45′ [2 : 0] Carlos Tevez |
Cards: 36′ Salif Diao 80′ Glenn Whelan |
27:27 GOAL – Martin Petrov:Man City 1 – 0 Stoke Martin Petrov scores a goal from close in low into the middle of the goal.
45:00+2:25 GOAL – Carlos Tevez:Man City 2 – 0 Stoke Carlos Tevez scores a goal from close in to the top left corner of the goal.
Carlos Tevez continues to be a key player for Manchester City. He assisted and scored in the 2-0 victory against Stoke.
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