Stoke v Man United Betting Preview

Manchester United take on Stoke in the evening kick off on Saturday and they are looking to extend their best ever start to a season under manager Alex Ferguson. Stoke though, have also started the season very well and currently sit in 5th place in the league after 5 games. Both these sides won their midweek Carling Cup games and will be looking to continue that good form in the league. This fixture finished 2-1 to Man United last season, but will Stoke have something more up their sleeve this time round?

Stoke v Man United Betting odds

Stoke City

Stoke have had a good start to the season so far, they currently sit in 5th place in the league, have progressed in the Carling Cup and have made a solid start to their Europa League campaign. It could though, have been even better for Tony Pulis as his team suffered a shock 4-0 defeat away at out of form Sunderland last week. Although the Potters have had a good Premier League start, none of their players have more than 1 goal in their opening 5 and they have only scored 3 goals. New signing Peter Crouch is still looking for his first goal for Stoke and the big striker is looking a good bet at 4.33 with William Hill to score at any time. Stoke have a poor record against Man United in recent seasons and have lost all 6 of their previous meetings with the current champions. However, the direct style of Stoke could prove too much for Man United’s young defence and so betting on a home win with odds of 7.0 from Paddy Power may not be a bad idea.

Man Utd

Man United have had a great start to the campaign and could even afford to miss a penalty in their victory over Chelsea last Sunday. With 5 wins out of 5 in the league so far this season, the Red Devils are firm favourites to win at the Britannia on Saturday. A correct score of 3-1 is looking good value at 13.0 from bet 365, as Man United have scored plenty of goals this season but have still looked a little soft in defence. The current champions have started their last two games against Leeds and Chelsea very brightly and so betting on Man United to score in the first 10 minutes with odds of 5.5 from Skybet is also looking good. Wayne Rooney has started the season in fierce form after netting 9 goals in 5 games and is great odds at 4.5 with Paddy Power to open the scoring on Saturday.

Highlighted bets

Stoke WIN – 7.0 Paddy Power
Crouch anytime scorer – 7.0 Paddy Power
3-1 away WIN – 13.0 Bet365
Wayne Rooney first scorer – 4.5 Paddy Power

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