Manchester United make the tough trip to the Britannia Stadium on Saturday to face former United striker Mark Hughes’ tough Stoke City outfit. Looking at recent history Stoke have not lost in their last 3 games vs United at home having won 2 games and drawn 1 game so United have a big ask. The Red-Devils have only failed to score once in their last 21 League games against Stoke and given Zlatan’s recent form of scoring 14 goals in his debut Premier League season it looks unlikely that given the Swede’s form and that of Henrik Mkhitaryan that Stoke will keep United off the score-sheet. Ibrahimovic’s 14 league goals have secured 11 points this season for Manchester United which ties him for the most points won with Chelsea’s Diego Costa.
As the BBC report Zlatan is tied at the top of the Premier League goal-scoring charts with Chelsea’s Diego Costa and Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez on 14 goals but going on recent games you would expect the United big-man to move ahead of the Spaniard and the Chilean given the stunning form he is in right now.
United were on a 9 game winning streak before last Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Old Trafford including 6 wins on the bounce in the Premier League so Jose Mourinho will be looking to get back to winning ways as soon as possible after their draw with Liverpool. United are actually unbeaten in their most recent 12 Premier League games having won 7 and drawn 5 and are on their best run of form since March 2013 when they went 18 games unbeaten.
If Stoke win it will be Mark Hughes’ 50th win at Stoke and if Peter Crouch scores it will be his 100th Premier League goal so there is plenty of motivation for the Potters who are sitting in 9th position on 27 points after a very slow start to the season.
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We see it being the usual tough encounter at the Britannia but we expect Jose’s men to get back to winning ways and overpower the Potters and claim a tight 2-1 win on Saturday.