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Arsenal 1-0 Stoke City - February 02, 2013 / Premier League 2012/2013

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Premier League 2012/2013 - Journée 25

Emirates Stadium - Londres - England

February 02, 2013 - 15:00

59 872

Arsenal

1 - 0

Stoke City

(free kick) Lukas Podolski

78'

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68' - Substitution Alex Oxlade-Chamberlainis substituted by Lukas Podolski photo Santi Cazorla

68' - Substitution Abou Diabyis substituted by Santi Cazorla68

78' - Goal Lukas Podolski78

83' - Substitution Peter Crouchis substituted by Kenwyne Jones

84' - Substitution Geoff Cameronis substituted by Michael Owen photo Cameron Jerome

84' - Substitution Jonathan Waltersis substituted by Cameron Jerome

90' - Substitution Theo Walcottis substituted by Aaron Ramsey90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 0

Stoke City

Arsenal Stoke City

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

12Giroud

Olivier Giroud

France

B.date30/09/1986

Age26 years

H1m92

positionCentre forward

15Oxlade-Chamberlain68

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

England

B.date15/08/1993

Age19 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

10Wilshere

Jack Wilshere

England

B.date01/01/1992

Age21 years

H1m72

positionBox-to-box midfielder

14Walcott90

Theo Walcott

England

B.date16/03/1989

Age23 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Arteta

Mikel Arteta

Spain

B.date26/03/1982

Age30 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

2Diaby68

Abou Diaby

France

B.date11/05/1986

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

17Monreal

Nacho Monreal

Spain

B.date26/02/1986

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

6Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

4Mertesacker

Per Mertesacker

Germany

B.date29/09/1984

Age28 years

H1m98

positionRight central defender

3Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age29 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Szczesny

Wojciech Szczesny

Poland

B.date18/04/1990

Age22 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Wojciech Szczesny		22	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Laurent Koscielny		27	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Per Mertesacker		28	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Bacary Sagna		29	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Nacho Monreal		26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Abou Diaby	68	26	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Jack Wilshere		21	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mikel Arteta		30	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Theo Walcott	90	23	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	68	19	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Olivier Giroud		26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

103

Stoke City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

25Crouch83

Peter Crouch

England

B.date30/01/1981

Age32 years

H2m101

positionStriker

26Etherington

Matthew Etherington

England

B.date14/08/1981

Age31 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

19Walters84

Jonathan Walters

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/09/1983

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

6Whelan

Glenn Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/01/1984

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

15Nzonzi

Steven Nzonzi

France

B.date15/12/1988

Age24 years

H1m96

positionLeft central midfielder

2Cameron84

Geoff Cameron

United States

B.date11/07/1985

Age27 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

28Wilkinson

Andy Wilkinson

England

B.date08/08/1984

Age28 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

4Huth

Robert Huth

Germany

B.date18/08/1984

Age28 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

17Shawcross

Ryan Shawcross

England

B.date04/10/1987

Age25 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

30Shotton

Ryan Shotton

England

B.date30/09/1988

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

1Begovic

Asmir Begovic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date20/06/1987

Age25 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Asmir Begovic		25	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Ryan Shawcross		25	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Ryan Shotton		24	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Robert Huth		28	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Geoff Cameron	84	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Andy Wilkinson		28	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Steven Nzonzi		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Matthew Etherington		31	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Glenn Whelan		29	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Jonathan Walters	84	29	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Peter Crouch	83	32	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

119

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	M	Aaron Ramsey	90	22	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Santi Cazorla	68	28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Lukas Podolski	7868	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
9	F	Kenwyne Jones	83	28	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Michael Owen	84	33	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	F	Cameron Jerome	84	26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Lukas Podolski

OUT

Laurent Koscielny

Thomas Vermaelen

OUT

Abou Diaby

Aaron Ramsey

OUT

Nacho Monreal

Kieran Gibbs

OUT

Mikel Arteta

Santi Cazorla

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ryan Shotton

Dean Whitehead

OUT

Andy Wilkinson

Charlie Adam

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

938

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Stoke City

8 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on February 02, 2013

Wenger vs Pulis

7 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on February 02, 2013

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Pulis

451

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Pulis vs Arsenal

3 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on February 02, 2013

Pulis vs Wenger

3 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on February 02, 2013

Referee

Christopher Foy

22 victories	3 draws	3 losses	Arsenal28 matches	General total	Stoke City28 matches	7 victories	12 draws	9 losses
3 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Arsenal4 matches	Season total	Stoke City3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 14, 2015					Latest figure on February 28, 2015

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Key figures

Mikel Arteta played his game number 50 in Premier League with Arsenal

End of streak for Arsenal after 6 matches with at least one goal conceded in Premier League (since 29/12/2012). It was the best streak for the club since 14/11/2010-29/12/2010 (7 matches).

Arsenal keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 16/01/2013).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 2-0 West Bromwich Albion08/12/2012

VArsenal 7-3 Newcastle United29/12/2012

LArsenal 0-2 Manchester City13/01/2013

VArsenal 1-0 Swansea16/01/2013

VArsenal 5-1 West Ham23/01/2013

DArsenal 2-2 Liverpool30/01/2013

Overall

LArsenal 0-2 Manchester City13/01/2013

VArsenal 1-0 Swansea16/01/2013

LChelsea 2-1 Arsenal20/01/2013

VArsenal 5-1 West Ham23/01/2013

VBrighton & Hove 2-3 Arsenal26/01/2013

DArsenal 2-2 Liverpool30/01/2013

Current form

Away

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Stoke City01/12/2012

DAston Villa 0-0 Stoke City08/12/2012

DTottenham 0-0 Stoke City22/12/2012

LManchester City 3-0 Stoke City01/01/2013

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Stoke City05/01/2013

LSwansea 3-1 Stoke City19/01/2013

Overall

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Stoke City05/01/2013

LStoke City 0-4 Chelsea12/01/2013

VStoke City 4-1 Crystal Palace15/01/2013

LSwansea 3-1 Stoke City19/01/2013

LStoke City 0-1 Manchester City26/01/2013

DStoke City 2-2 Wigan29/01/2013

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	3
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	5	3
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

12	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	94
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	11

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
10	Victories (Competition total)	6
6	Victories (Home / Away)	1
8	Draws (Competition total)	12
3	Draws (Home / Away)	6
6	Losses (Competition total)	6
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

48	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
32	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	29
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
2.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
1.21	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.21
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
0-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 times)

Bookings

24	Yellow cards (Competition total)	46
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	29
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Theo Walcott	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Peter Crouch
Olivier Giroud	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Jonathan Walters
Mikel Arteta	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jonathan Walters
Mikel Arteta	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Jonathan Walters
Lukas Podolski	9 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Peter Crouch
Theo Walcott	6 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Cameron Jerome
Olivier Giroud	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Peter Crouch

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

36 v

6 d

5 l

102 gf

31 ga

Away

44 matches

11 v

15 d

18 l

47 gf

57 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

5 gf

3 ga

Total

95 matches

49 v

23 d

23 l

154 gf

91 ga

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

18 v

15 d

11 l

57 gf

47 ga

Away

47 matches

5 v

6 d

36 l

31 gf

102 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

3 gf

5 ga

Total

95 matches

23 v

23 d

49 l

91 gf

154 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 10, 1950
Home	6 - 0	April 10, 1950

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 26, 1970
Away	3 - 0	December 25, 1950

Latest head to head

August 26, 2012 - Premier League 2012/2013

Stoke City

0 - 0

Arsenal

April 28, 2012 - Premier League 2011/2012

Stoke City

1 - 1

Arsenal

October 23, 2011 - Premier League 2011/2012

Arsenal

3 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

May 08, 2011 - Premier League 2010/2011

Stoke City

3 - 1

Arsenal

February 23, 2011 - Premier League 2010/2011

Arsenal

1 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Robin van Persie	7 goals	2005 - 2012
Joe Baker	6 goals	1963 - 1965
John Radford	5 goals	1966 - 1973
George Graham	4 goals	1967 - 1967
Tony Woodcock	3 goals	1984 - 1984
Ian Wright	3 goals	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Ritchie	9 goals	1964 - 1971
Jimmy Greenhoff	4 goals	1970 - 1975
Ricardo Fuller	4 goals	2008 - 2010
Mike Sheron	3 goals	1996 - 1996
Peter Crouch	2 goals	2011 - 2012
Jimmy McIlroy	2 goals	1963 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

George Armstrong	27 matches	1963 - 1977
Peter Storey	21 matches	1966 - 1976
John Radford	20 matches	1966 - 1976
Frank McLintock	19 matches	1964 - 1972
Peter Simpson	18 matches	1967 - 1975
David O'Leary	18 matches	1975 - 1990

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Eric Skeels	21 matches	1963 - 1975
Alan Bloor	19 matches	1964 - 1976
Denis Smith	18 matches	1968 - 1980
John Marsh	18 matches	1967 - 1975
Peter Dobing	17 matches	1963 - 1972
Alan Dodd	15 matches	1973 - 1985