And when Manchester United meets Stoke City at Britannia Stadium tonight, one may find another surprise by the time the match between the Devils and Potters finish. No?
Well, as per the gossip already in the air, Stoke City is in the history-making mood when they confront Manchester United tonight in the Capital One Cup quarter-final at Britannia Stadium. If the Potters win against United – they reach the semi-finals for only the third time in the competitions long history since its inception in 1960.
As for the head to head status, tonight's encounter is the third between the two clubs in the League Cup after Stoke knocked United out following two replays en route to winning the trophy in 1972, while a 2-1 home victory courtesy of a Mark Stein double in 1993 was followed by a 2-0 second leg defeat and elimination at Old Trafford.
Likely oppposing teams for tonight's match could be as under:
Stoke City: Sorensen, Begovic, Cameron, Wilson, Shawcross, Muniesa, Palacios, Pennant, Nzonzi, Walters, Assaidi, Crouch, Jones, Pieters, Arnautovic, Ireland, Adam, Shea, Whelan.
Manchester United: Lindegaard, Rafael, Vidic, Ferdinand, Buttner, Valencia, Cleverley, Jones, Young, Welbeck, Hernandez
The Capital One Cup, Quarters is to be played between Manchester United and Stoke City on Tuesday Dec 18, 2013, kick-off 19:45 GMT/3:45 p.m. EDT/12:45 p.m. PDT at Britannia Stadium.
If you are one of the fans located at different destination and miss the chance to visit the stadium to watch your favourite team, You can now watch the match live on your laptop or desktop computer, FREE, provided you have an internet connection, from the links given below:
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