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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 23 (setup 5, season 17)
Stoke City
v.
Arsenal
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
FÁBIO Deivson Lopes Maciel617Petr CECH
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Christian TRÄSCH27Héctor BELLERÍN Moruno
Bruno MARTINS-INDI73Ignacio Monreal Eraso, NACHO MONREAL
Darren FLETCHER47Granit XHAKA
Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada758Shkodran MUSTAFI
Ryan SHAWCROSS67Gabriel Armando de Abreu, GABRIEL PAULISTA
Geoff CAMERON677Francis COQUELIN
Xherdan SHAQIRI8Mesut ÖZIL
Peter CROUCH97Olivier GIROUD
Saido BERAHINO6106Jack WILSHERE
BOJAN Krkic Pérez711Danny WELBECK
Manager
Stephen IRELAND12LUCAS Pérez Martínez
Jack BUTLAND13David OSPINA Ramírez
Kevin WIMMER14Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA
Oliver SHENTON15Calum CHAMBERS
Kurt ZOUMA167Per MERTESACKER

Stoke City 0 Arsenal 2
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 28,186, Stadium: bet365, Referee: Martin PENICKA 6½)
Scorers55 Giroud, 75 Mertesacker
Substitutions56 Xhaka <=> Chambers, 64 Coquelin <=> Mertesacker
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners4
11Fouls8
1Offsides1
3Shots on6
7Shots off7
10Total shots13
3Shots saved4
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Shkodran MUSTAFI
6BOJAN made space on the right and knocked the ball to SHAQIRI who touched the ball over.
6FLETCHER fired a right foot shot wide from just outside the area.
11XHAKA ran onto a delightful ball from ÖZIL but pulled his effort wide.
13CECH saved a clever strike from BOJAN.
19SHAQIRI shot wide.
24WILSHERE rifled a simple chance past the far post.
24BERAHINO scuffed a simple chance.
26FÁBIO did well to hold onto a powerful shot from WELBECK.
27NACHO MONREAL beat three Stoke City players and fired a shot over the bar.
30A pin-point pass was collected by CROUCH and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide.
33A shot from ÖZIL was smothered by the Stoke City 'keeper.
39CAMERON beat ÖZIL and placed the ball to SHAQIRI who toe-poked his shot wide.
41CROUCH's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Arsenal post.
 
48Uncertainty in the Stoke City defence enabled ÖZIL to fire the ball wide.
51BOJAN worked the ball to CAMERON, SHAQIRI collected his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
55GOAL!! A neat one-two left GIROUD clear and he made no mistake by expertly flicking the ball beyond the oncoming FÁBIO. (1-0 Arsenal)
66A weak strike from MERTESACKER bounced agonisingly wide.
69A header by GIROUD at the far post was easily collected by the Stoke City 'keeper.
75GOAL!! A delightful ball from ÖZIL left GIROUD in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before squaring the ball to MERTESACKER to score. (2-0 Arsenal)
77CROUCH hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
81WELBECK chipped the ball to ÖZIL who forced it over.
86MERTESACKER dummied MARTINS-INDI but hit the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
90+1A cross from WILSHERE left BELLERÍN in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.