Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 23 October 2011
Result
Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City
Premier League · Sunday 23 October 2011, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City: match report
Arsenal defeated Stoke City 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 October 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.
Gervinho opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Gervinho (27'), Robin van Persie (73') and Robin van Persie (82'). Stoke City scored through Peter Crouch (34').
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 11th on 10 points from 8 and Stoke City 8th on 12 points from 8. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Stoke City 14th with 45.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 2 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Stoke City's W-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Gervinho
- 31'Yellow card · Dean Whitehead
- 34'Goal · Peter Crouch
- 55'Yellow card · Andy Wilkinson
- 73'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 82'Goal · Robin van Persie
Head-to-head
Team news
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Arsenal expected line-up (4-3-3)
Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Samir Nasri, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Asmir Begović, Robert Huth, Danny Higginbotham, Abdoulaye Faye, Dean Whitehead, Dave Kitson