English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 12, 2015
Stoke City LDDWL 0
–
Arsenal WLWDW 2
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Emirates Stadium · 59,963 att.

Match Report

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Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud strike for Arsenal to defeat Stoke City

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
13
10
Saves
3
32.4
Possession
67.6
8
SHOTS
29
3
ON GOAL
12
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
226
Accurate Passes
544
305
Passes
628
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
10
7
Crosses
25
0.0
Cross %
0.4
53
Long Balls
41
15
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
8
11
Effective Tackles
13
16
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
10
31
Clearances
13

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-2

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 34Francis CoquelinLM
  8. 19Santi CazorlaRM
  9. 14Theo WalcottF
  10. 17Alexis SánchezAM-L
  11. 16Aaron RamseyAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Mikel ArtetaSUB
  2. 28Joel CampbellSUB
  3. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainSUB
  4. 12Olivier GiroudSUB
  5. 2Mathieu DebuchySUB
  6. 13David OspinaSUB
  7. 3Kieran GibbsSUB

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 5Marc MuniesaCD-L
  3. 20Geoff CameronCD-R
  4. 3Erik PietersLB
  5. 2Phil BardsleyRB
  6. 18Mame Biram DioufAM
  7. 6Glenn WhelanLM
  8. 15Marco van GinkelRM
  9. 11JoseluF
  10. 10Marko ArnautovicAM-L
  11. 22Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Steve SidwellSUB
  2. 7Stephen IrelandSUB
  3. 24Shay GivenSUB
  4. 26Philipp WollscheidSUB
  5. 25Peter CrouchSUB
  6. 12Marc WilsonSUB
  7. 27Bojan KrkicSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Goal! Arsenal 1, Stoke City 0. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a through ball.
  2. 38' Mesut Özil (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 57' Substitution, Stoke City. Stephen Ireland replaces Joselu.
  4. 75' Substitution, Stoke City. Bojan replaces Mame Biram Diouf.
  5. 75' Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Theo Walcott.
  6. 81' Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 84' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Mesut Özil.
  8. 84' Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Arteta replaces Alexis Sánchez.
  9. 85' Goal! Arsenal 2, Stoke City 0. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Santiago Cazorla with a cross following a set piece situation.

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