The Potters have never kept a clean sheet against Man Utd in the Premier League.Stoke have won three and lost three of their seven Premier League games on Boxing Day.
Manchester United have won 18 of their last 19 fixtures played on Boxing Day (W18 L1). Wayne Rooney has scored on Boxing Day in the last two years (two goals v Newcastle in 2014, one goal v Hull in 2013).
Rooney has scored only two goals in 1140 minutes of Premier League action this season and his minutes per goal ratio (one every 570) is more than double that of any of his previous 13 Premier League seasons as a player.
Stoke City have kept a clean sheet in seven of their last 10 Premier League games, but have conceded exactly two goals in the other three games in this period.
Manchester United have failed to win any of their last six games in all competitions (L3 D3); the last time that they went on a run this long within a single season was in their treble-winning campaign of 1998-99 (Dec 1998).
The Red Devils have averaged just 1.29 goals per game in the league this season; their lowest average since 1989-90 (1.21).
As a manager, Mark Hughes was unbeaten in his first three Premier League games against Man Utd (W2 D1) but has won just one of his 14 meetings with them since (W1 D3 L10).
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