English Premier League

FT Saturday, May 13, 2017
Arsenal WWLWW 4
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Stoke City LWLDD 1
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ARS134
STK011
bet365 Stadium · 27,535 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal strengthen top-four hopes with rout at Stoke City

Arsenal bolstered their hopes of Champions League qualification with a 4-1 victory at Stoke.

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Team Stats

0
Fouls
0
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
0
0
Possession
0
0
SHOTS
0
0
ON GOAL
0
0.0
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 15Bruno Martins IndiCD-L
  3. 17Ryan ShawcrossCD-R
  4. 3Erik PietersLB
  5. 8Glen JohnsonRB
  6. 4Joe AllenAM
  7. 6Glenn WhelanLM
  8. 20Geoff CameronRM
  9. 18Mame Biram DioufF
  10. 10Marko ArnautovicAM-L
  11. 22Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Marc MuniesaSUB
  2. 9Saido BerahinoSUB
  3. 16Charlie AdamSUB
  4. 32Ramadan SobhiSUB
  5. 19Jonathan WaltersSUB
  6. 33Lee GrantSUB
  7. 25Peter CrouchSUB

ARS · 3-4-2-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 20Shkodran MustafiCD
  3. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  4. 16Rob HoldingCD-R
  5. 29Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 34Francis CoquelinCM-R
  7. 18Nacho MonrealLM
  8. 24Héctor BellerínRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 7Alexis SánchezCF-L
  11. 11Mesut ÖzilCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Danny WelbeckSUB
  2. 14Theo WalcottSUB
  3. 8Aaron RamseySUB
  4. 35Mohamed ElnenySUB
  5. 17Alex IwobiSUB
  6. 5Gabriel PaulistaSUB
  7. 13David OspinaSUB

Timeline

  1. 28' Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 42' Goal! Stoke City 0, Arsenal 1. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Héctor Bellerín.
  3. 55' Goal! Stoke City 0, Arsenal 2. Mesut Özil (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez with a through ball.
  4. 60' Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Joe Allen.
  5. 61' Substitution, Stoke City. Saido Berahino replaces Mame Diouf.
  6. 67' Goal! Stoke City 1, Arsenal 2. Peter Crouch (Stoke City) with an attempt from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic with a cross.
  7. 76' Goal! Stoke City 1, Arsenal 3. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Héctor Bellerín.
  8. 77' Substitution, Arsenal. Aaron Ramsey replaces Alexis Sánchez because of an injury.
  9. 78' Rob Holding (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 80' Goal! Stoke City 1, Arsenal 4. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey.
  11. 81' Substitution, Stoke City. Ramadan Sobhi replaces Marko Arnautovic because of an injury.
  12. 83' Substitution, Arsenal. Danny Welbeck replaces Mesut Özil.
  13. 84' Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Olivier Giroud.
  14. 89' Peter Crouch (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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