Arsenal 2-0 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2009
Result
Arsenal 2-0 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 2-0 Stoke City: match report
Arsenal won against Stoke City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Andrey Arshavin opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Andrey Arshavin (26') and Aaron Ramsey (79'). Stoke City did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 25 points from 13 and Stoke City 9th on 20 points from 14. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Stoke City 11th with 47.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 0 draws and 1 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-L-W-W-D and Stoke City's D-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 21'Missed penalty · Cesc Fàbregas
- 26'Goal · Andrey Arshavin
- 79'Goal · Aaron Ramsey
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-3-2-1)
Almunia, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Emmanuel Eboué, Armand Traore, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen
Stoke City line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Robert Huth, Danny Collins, Abdoulaye Faye, Andy Wilkinson, Liam Lawrence, Salif Diao, Mamady Sidibé, Sanli Tuncay, Rory Delap, Matthew Etherington