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Arsenal 1-0 Stoke City - February 23, 2011 / Premier League 2010/2011

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Premier League 2010/2011 - Round 18

Emirates Stadium - London - England

February 23, 2011 - 14:00

60 041

1 - 0

Stoke City

Assist by Nicklas Bendtner (header) Sébastien Squillaci

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8' - Goal Sébastien Squillaci8

14' - Substitution Cesc Fàbregasis substituted by Andrey Arshavin14

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71' - Substitution Theo Walcottis substituted by Denilson71

78' - Substitution Jonathan Waltersis substituted by Ricardo Fuller

80' - Substitution Nicklas Bendtneris substituted by Marouane Chamakh80

88' - Substitution Marc Wilsonis substituted by Andy Wilkinson

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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

Szczesny

Wojciech Szczesny

Poland

B.date18/04/1990

Age20 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age24 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Squillaci8

Sébastien Squillaci

France

B.date11/08/1980

Age30 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Clichy

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age25 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Song

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age23 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fàbregas14

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

Wilshere

Jack Wilshere

England

B.date01/01/1992

Age19 years

H1m72

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Walcott71

Theo Walcott

England

B.date16/03/1989

Age21 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Nasri

Samir Nasri

France

B.date26/06/1987

Age23 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

Bendtner80

Nicklas Bendtner

Denmark

B.date16/01/1988

Age23 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Wojciech Szczesny		20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johan Djourou		24	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sébastien Squillaci	8	30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bacary Sagna		28	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaël Clichy		25	253	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexandre Song		23	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Cesc Fàbregas	14	23	297	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jack Wilshere		19	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Theo Walcott	71	21	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Samir Nasri		23	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicklas Bendtner	80	23	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

135

Stoke City

Begovic

Asmir Begovic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date20/06/1987

Age23 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

Wilson88

Marc Wilson

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/08/1987

Age23 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Shawcross

Ryan Shawcross

England

B.date04/10/1987

Age23 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Huth

Robert Huth

Germany

B.date18/08/1984

Age26 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Delap

Rory Delap

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/07/1976

Age34 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Pugh

Danny Pugh

England

B.date19/10/1982

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Whelan

Glenn Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/01/1984

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Whitehead

Dean Whitehead

England

B.date12/01/1982

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Pennant

Jermaine Pennant

England

B.date15/01/1983

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Walters78

Jonathan Walters

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/09/1983

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Carew

John Carew

Norway

B.date05/09/1979

Age31 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Asmir Begovic		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marc Wilson	88	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Shawcross		23	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Huth		26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rory Delap		34	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Pugh		28	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glenn Whelan		27	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Whitehead		29	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jermaine Pennant		28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jonathan Walters	78	27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Carew		31	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Denilson	71	23	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrey Arshavin	14	29	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marouane Chamakh	80	27	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Andy Wilkinson	88	26	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ricardo Fuller	78	31	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Theo Walcott

Tomas Rosicky

OUT

Wojciech Szczesny

Manuel Almunia

OUT

Cesc Fàbregas

Denilson

OUT

Gaël Clichy

Kieran Gibbs

OUT

Johan Djourou

Ignasi Miquel

OUT

Jack Wilshere

Marouane Chamakh

OUT

Samir Nasri

Andrey Arshavin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Asmir Begovic

Thomas Sorensen

OUT

Dean Whitehead

Matthew Etherington

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

832

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Stoke City

6 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2011

Wenger vs Pulis

5 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2011

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Pulis

352

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Pulis vs Arsenal

2 victories

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2011

Pulis vs Wenger

2 victories

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2011

Referee

Peter Walton

9 victories	4 draws	0 loss	Arsenal13 matches	General total	Stoke City23 matches	6 victories	5 draws	12 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Arsenal2 matches	Season total	Stoke City4 matches	0 victory	2 draws	2 losses
Latest figure on August 13, 2011					Latest figure on September 24, 2011

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Key figures

Jermaine Pennant played his game number 10 vs Arsenal in Premier League

Arsenal keeps its 13 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 30/11/2010). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 25/11/2008-26/04/2009 time period (17 matches).

Arsenal keeps its 13 consecutive matches without a draw vs Stoke City in Premier League running (since 29/08/1981). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 19/04/1952 (8 matches)

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 3-0 Wigan22/01/2011

VArsenal 3-0 Ipswich Town25/01/2011

VArsenal 2-1 Huddersfield Town30/01/2011

VArsenal 2-1 Everton01/02/2011

VArsenal 2-0 Wolverhampton12/02/2011

VArsenal 2-1 FC Barcelona16/02/2011

Overall

VArsenal 2-1 Huddersfield Town30/01/2011

VArsenal 2-1 Everton01/02/2011

DNewcastle United 4-4 Arsenal05/02/2011

VArsenal 2-0 Wolverhampton12/02/2011

VArsenal 2-1 FC Barcelona16/02/2011

DLeyton Orient 1-1 Arsenal20/02/2011

Current form

Away

LManchester United 2-1 Stoke City04/01/2011

VCardiff City 0-2 Stoke City18/01/2011

LFulham 2-0 Stoke City22/01/2011

VWolverhampton 0-1 Stoke City30/01/2011

LLiverpool 2-0 Stoke City02/02/2011

LBirmingham City 1-0 Stoke City12/02/2011

Overall

LFulham 2-0 Stoke City22/01/2011

VWolverhampton 0-1 Stoke City30/01/2011

LLiverpool 2-0 Stoke City02/02/2011

VStoke City 3-2 Sunderland05/02/2011

LBirmingham City 1-0 Stoke City12/02/2011

VStoke City 3-0 Brighton & Hove19/02/2011

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	12	10
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	7	10
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	7	8
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

5	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	77
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	13

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	26
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
16	Victories (Competition total)	10
9	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	13
3	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

56	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
29	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
2.15	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.19
2.23	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.92
1.04	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.27
0.92	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.46

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (4 times)

Bookings

44	Yellow cards (Competition total)	47
21	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	26
6	Red cards (Competition total)	2
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Robin van Persie	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Robert Huth
Samir Nasri	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Robert Huth
Robin van Persie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Matthew Etherington
Andrey Arshavin	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Matthew Etherington
Andrey Arshavin	7 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Matthew Etherington
Cesc Fàbregas	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Robert Huth
Robin van Persie	10 goals, 2 assists during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Robert Huth

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

34 v

6 d

5 l

98 gf

30 ga

Away

41 matches

11 v

13 d

17 l

45 gf

53 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

5 gf

3 ga

Total

90 matches

47 v

21 d

22 l

148 gf

86 ga

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

17 v

13 d

11 l

53 gf

45 ga

Away

45 matches

5 v

6 d

34 l

30 gf

98 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

3 gf

5 ga

Total

90 matches

22 v

21 d

47 l

86 gf

148 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

February 27, 2010 - Premier League 2009/2010

Stoke City

1 - 3

Arsenal

January 24, 2010 - FA Cup 2009/2010

Stoke City

3 - 1

Arsenal

December 05, 2009 - Premier League 2009/2010

Arsenal

2 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

May 24, 2009 - Premier League 2008/2009

Arsenal

4 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

November 01, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Stoke City

2 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Joe Baker	6 goals	1963 - 1965
John Radford	5 goals	1966 - 1973
George Graham	4 goals	1967 - 1967
Jon Sammels	3 goals	1964 - 1967
George Armstrong	3 goals	1969 - 1975
Robin van Persie	3 goals	2005 - 2009

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
Jimmy McIlroy	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Lee Chapman	2 goals	1980 - 1981

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
Pat Rice	18 matches	1967 - 1979
Robert McNab	18 matches	1967 - 1975

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
John Marsh	18 matches	1967 - 1975
Denis Smith	18 matches	1968 - 1980
Peter Dobing	17 matches	1963 - 1972
Jimmy Greenhoff	15 matches	1969 - 1976