Arsenal 1-0 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2015
Result
Arsenal 1-0 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 1-0 Stoke City: match report
Arsenal won against Stoke City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 September 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.
T. Walcott opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Arsenal's goals came from T. Walcott (31') and Olivier Giroud (85'). Stoke City did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 7th on 7 points from 4 and Stoke City 16th on 2 points from 4. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Stoke City 13th with 45.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Santi Cazorla of Arsenal (9.5), ahead of Héctor Bellerín (8.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 3 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-D-W-L and Stoke City's L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 31'Goal · T. Walcott
- 38'Yellow card · M. Özil
- 81'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 85'Goal · Olivier Giroud
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Gabriel Paulista, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Santi Cazorla, Francis Coquelin, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez, Theo Walcott
Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jack Butland, Phil Bardsley, Geoff Cameron, Marc Muniesa, Erik Pieters, Ricardo Gomes, Glenn Whelan, Xherdan Shaqiri, Mame Diouf, Marko Arnautovic, Joselu