Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 22 September 2013

Result

Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City

Premier League · Sunday 22 September 2013, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City: match report

Arsenal beat Stoke City 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 September 2013. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Aaron Ramsey opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Aaron Ramsey (5'), Per Mertesacker (36') and Bacary Sagna (72'). Stoke City scored through Geoff Cameron (26').

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 9 points from 4 and Stoke City 10th on 7 points from 4. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Stoke City 9th with 46.

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 6 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 2 for Stoke City.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W-L and Stoke City's D-W-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Aaron RamseyArsenal · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Geoff CameronStoke City · 1-1
  • 36'Goal · Per MertesackerArsenal · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Robert HuthStoke City
  • 72'Goal · Bacary SagnaArsenal · 3-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Stephen IrelandStoke City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Stephen IrelandStoke City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 6, draws 2, Stoke City 2.

Team news

Arsenal expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Kieran Gibbs, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Aaron Ramsey, J. Wilshere, Santi Cazorla, Theo Walcott, Olivier Giroud

Stoke City expected line-up (4-5-1)

Asmir Begović, Robert Huth, Ryan Shawcross, Geoff Cameron, Erik Pieters, Steven Nzonzi, Marc Wilson, Matthew Etherington, Charlie Adam, Jonathan Walters