Hello and a Happy New Year to you. The first Premier League match of 2015 gets underway shortly with Stoke City entertaining Manchester United at the Britannia Stadium. Kick off 12.45pm GMT.

FT: Stoke 1-1 Man United.

Diouf breaks for Stoke and finds Assaidi... the winger cuts in and shoots. Easy for De Gea.

United having the last say here. Can they make one last chance count?

Two minutes added. Rooney takes a corner that is headed away by Crouch.

United with possession as we approach stoppage time. RVP flicks it on but Pieters hacks it up into the air and away. The visitors will come again though...the ball drops in the area for Rafael... his effort on the slide is blocked!

Diouf and Crouch still working tirelessly up top for the home side. They have been a real handful for United's back three.

Mata makes a run from deep but can't get on the end of a raking pass. United still a danger on the break.

No doubt who the Stoke staff feel has been their main man today - but he's off the pitch now. Do they have a match winner out there?

Rooney scampers after Junzaj's ball into the area, but Shawcross is across to see it behind.

Rooney with an opportunity to engineer and opening on the left but his cross is a poor one, with RVP making a clever run in the middle. More frustration for the visitors who have faded in the last 20 minutes or so.

Free kick to Stoke on the right. Whelan to deliver... It bounces up on Carrick but he manages to rejig his feet and slam the ball to safety.

STOKE sub: Arnautovic off, Assaidi on.

Shawcross 30 yards out... The defender lets fly but it's high and wide of De Gea's goal.

RVP meets Januzaj's left-wing cross at the near post but can't divert it on goal with Shawcross close by.

Rafael's diagonal run in from the right flank ends with him hitting the deck. Never a penalty though.

Stoke giving it a real go but United have survived a storm of pressure and you wouldn't rule out them having one or two big moments late on either.

Respite for United as De Gea finally commands his six-yard box and plucks the ball out of the sky.

Another corner for Stoke as Rafael rises to flick it behind after the wind propelled the delivery to the back post... Rooney meets the next one... And ANOTHER set piece.

Poor communication from United leads to a corner to Stoke. De Gea shouts at Jones to leave it, but the defender heads it behind with no Potters player in sight.

More defensive injury woe for United and LVG.