Stoke City 3-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 8 May 2011

Result

Stoke City 3-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 8 May 2011, 13:05 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Stoke City 3-1 Arsenal: match report

Stoke City won against Arsenal 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 8 May 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.

K. Jones opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Stoke City's goals came from K. Jones (28'), Jermaine Pennant (40') and Jonathan Walters (82'). Arsenal scored through Robin van Persie (81').

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

Going into the game Stoke City were 12th on 43 points from 35 and Arsenal 3rd on 67 points from 35. Stoke City went on to finish that season 13th with 46 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Stoke City win, 0 draws and 4 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · K. JonesStoke City · 1-0
  • 40'Goal · Jermaine PennantStoke City · 2-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Nicklas BendtnerArsenal
  • 71'Yellow card · Jermaine PennantStoke City
  • 71'Yellow card · J. WilshereArsenal
  • 81'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 2-1
  • 82'Goal · Jonathan WaltersStoke City · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Stoke City 1, draws 0, Arsenal 4.

Team news

Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Asmir Begović, Robert Huth, Danny Higginbotham, Abdoulaye Faye, Dean Whitehead, Dave Kitson

Arsenal line-up (4-5-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Johan Djourou, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, J. Wilshere, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin