Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 10 December 2016

Result

Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City

Premier League · Saturday 10 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City: match report

Arsenal beat Stoke City 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Charlie Adam opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Arsenal's goals came from T. Walcott (42'), M. Özil (49') and Alex Iwobi (75'). Stoke City scored through Charlie Adam (29', penalty).

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 31 points from 14 and Stoke City 10th on 19 points from 14. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Stoke City 13th with 44.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain of Arsenal (7.8), level with Alexis Sánchez (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 2 for Stoke City.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-D-D-W and Stoke City's W-W-L-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Penalty goal · Charlie AdamStoke City · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · M. ÖzilArsenal · 2-1
  • 75'Goal · Alex IwobiArsenal · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 3, Stoke City 2.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Petr Čech, Gabriel Paulista, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Francis Coquelin, Granit Xhaka, Theo Walcott, Mesut Özil, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alexis Sánchez

Stoke City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Lee Grant, Glen Johnson, Bruno Martins Indi, Marc Muniesa, Mame Diouf, Giannelli Imbula, Charlie Adam, Erik Pieters, Xherdan Shaqiri, Joe Allen, Marko Arnautovic