Arsenal 1-0 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 February 2013
Result
Arsenal 1-0 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 2 February 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 1-0 Stoke City: match report
Arsenal defeated Stoke City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 February 2013. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Lukas Podolski of Arsenal in the 78th minute.
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 40 points from 24 and Stoke City 11th on 29 points from 24. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 73 points, and Stoke City 13th with 41.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 2 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-L-L-D and Stoke City's L-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 70'Yellow card · Glenn Whelan
- 77'Yellow card · Andy Wilkinson
- 78'Goal · Lukas Podolski
- 89'Yellow card · Fernando Marchiori
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Mikel Arteta, Theo Walcott, J. Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Olivier Giroud, Abou Diaby
Stoke City line-up (4-5-1)
Asmir Begović, Ryan Shawcross, Robert Huth, Andy Wilkinson, Jonathan Walters, Glenn Whelan, Steven Nzonzi, Matthew Etherington, Peter Crouch, Ryan Shotton, Geoff Cameron