Stoke
City will host Premier League leaders Manchester United in the fourth game week
of the Premier League this weekend.
Kick Off:
17:30 BST
Date:
Saturday 9 September 2017
Venue: Bet365
Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
Referee Appointment: Neil
Swarbrick
Stream
Guide: Watch
Live
Possible Lineups:
Team News:
Stoke City
Stoke
City center-back Ryan Shawcross is out through a back injury, while Kevin
Wimmer is likely to start at the heart of defense.
Darren
Fletcher and Mame Biram Diouf both are doubtful through a knee injury.
Kurt
Zouma is recovering from an ankle problem, he will be assessed later.
Eric
Maxim Choupo-Moting is out through a hamstring injury which would see Saido
Berahino or Peter Crouch in the strike role.
Man
United boss Jose Mourinho could make some changes as they will be opening their
Champions League account next week.
Phil
Jones and Eric Bailly both are suspended for the Champions League game, this
means they are likely to start in this game.
Zlatan
Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo both remain on the sideline.
Ashley
Young and Luke Shaw both are recovering from their respective injuries. They
both are likely to be back in few weeks.
Stats:
Manchester
United have won their last three games in Premier League.
Stoke
City have won only one of their last six games against Manchester United in all
campaigns.
Stoke
City are unbeaten in their last four home games against Man United in all
campaigns.
Last
two games between these sides ended as 1 – 1 draw.
Predictions:
Stoke
City 1 – 1 Manchester United, physically tough game, could see a red card in
this game.
Columinst: Junaid Effendi, is the Chief Editor of Football News Guru. He writes Transfer News and all the match related articles. See all his articles.
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