Arsenal vs Stoke

Premier League · Round 9 · Sun 23 Oct 2011, 13:30

31 Full time

Stoke

Arsenal
Gervinho 27'
Robin van Persie 73', 82'

Stoke
Peter Crouch 34'

Arsenal beat Stoke 3–1 on 23 October 2011 (Premier League 2011-2012, Round 9). Goals – Arsenal: Gervinho 27', Robin van Persie 73', 82'; Stoke: Peter Crouch 34'. In 20 Premier League meetings since 2000-01, Arsenal have won 12, Stoke 5 and 3 matches have been drawn.

Summary

Key events

27' Gervinho Arsenal · assist Aaron Ramsey 1–0
34' Peter Crouch Stoke · assist Jonathan Walters 1–1
Half time · 1–1
73' Robin van Persie Arsenal · assist Gervinho 2–1
82' Robin van Persie Arsenal · assist Gervinho 3–1
Full time · 3–1

Lineups

Arsenal

Substitutes used

Robin van Persie for Marouane Chamakh 67'
Andrej Arshavin for Theo Walcott 71'
Emmanuel Frimpong for Gervinho 90+1'

Unused

Yossi Benayoun, Lukasz Fabianski, Chu-Young Park, Tomas Rosicky

Stoke

Substitutes used

Salif Diao for Rory Delap 60'
Cameron Jerome for Matthew Etherington 74'
Kenwyne Jones for Peter Crouch 74'

Unused

Robert Huth, Wilson Palacios, Ryan Shotton, Thomas Sorensen

Head-to-head & form

Head-to-head since 2000-01

Full head-to-head

12Arsenal wins3Draws5Stoke wins

20 meetings · goals Arsenal 37–17 Stoke

Previous meetings

8 May 2011 Stoke3–1FT · 14:05

Arsenal

23 Feb 2011 Arsenal

1–0FT · 19:45Stoke

27 Feb 2010 Stoke1–3FT · 17:30

Arsenal

5 Dec 2009 Arsenal

2–0FT · 15:00Stoke

24 May 2009 Arsenal

4–1FT · 16:00Stoke

Form before the match

Last five Premier League matches, oldest to newest.

Final table 2011-2012

Full table

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
3	Arsenal	38	21	7	10	+25	70
14	Stoke	38	11	12	15	−17	45

Top scorers 2011-2012

All scorers

Arsenal

Stoke