Crystal Palace 4-1 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 18 September 2016

Result

Crystal Palace 4-1 Stoke City

Premier League · Sunday 18 September 2016, 13:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Crystal Palace 4-1 Stoke City: match report

Crystal Palace won against Stoke City 4-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 September 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

James Tomkins opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from James Tomkins (9'), S. Dann (11'), James McArthur (71') and Andros Townsend (75'). Stoke City scored through Marko Arnautovic (90+4').

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 13th on 4 points from 4 and Stoke City 20th on 1 point from 4. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Stoke City 13th with 44.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James McArthur of Crystal Palace (7.8), level with Jason Puncheon (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Crystal Palace wins, 2 draws and 1 for Stoke City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · James TomkinsCrystal Palace · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · S. DannCrystal Palace · 2-0
  • 60'Yellow card · James McArthurCrystal Palace
  • 71'Yellow card · Marko ArnautovicStoke City
  • 71'Goal · James McArthurCrystal Palace · 3-0
  • 75'Goal · Andros TownsendCrystal Palace · 4-0
  • 77'Yellow card · J. PuncheonCrystal Palace
  • 90+4'Goal · Marko ArnautovicStoke City · 4-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Crystal Palace 3, draws 2, Stoke City 1.

Team news

Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)

Steve Mandanda, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, James Tomkins, Martin Kelly, Joe Ledley, James McArthur, Wilfried Zaha, Jason Puncheon, Andros Townsend, Christian Benteke

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

Shay Given, Glen Johnson, Ryan Shawcross, Geoff Cameron, Bruno Martins Indi, Glenn Whelan, Joe Allen, Jonathan Walters, Bojan Krkic, Marko Arnautovic, Wilfried Bony