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Stoke City 2-1 Arsenal - November 01, 2008 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 11

Britannia Stadium - Stoke-on-Trent - England

November 01, 2008

26 704

Stoke City

2 - 1

Arsenal

Assist by Rory Delap (header) Ricardo Fuller

12'

Assist by Ryan Shawcross (header) Seyi Olofinjana

73'

90'

Gaël Clichy (left foot) Assist by Cesc Fàbregas

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12' - Goal Ricardo Fuller12

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57' - Substitution Bacary Sagnais substituted by Theo Walcott

65' - Substitution Denilsonis substituted by Robin van Persie

72' - Substitution Emmanuel Adebayoris substituted by Carlos Vela

73' - Goal Seyi Olofinjana73

76' - Red card Robin van Persie

78' - Substitution Salif Diaois substituted by Glenn Whelan78

86' - Substitution Ricardo Fulleris substituted by Richard Cresswell86

89' - Substitution Mamady Sidibéis substituted by Dave Kitson89

90' - Goal Gaël Clichy

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Stoke City

2 - 1

Arsenal

Stoke City Arsenal

Team line-ups

Stoke City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Sidibé89

Mamady Sidibé

Mali

B.date18/12/1979

Age28 years

H1m93

positionStriker

Fuller1286

Ricardo Fuller

Jamaica

B.date31/10/1979

Age29 years

H1m91

positionStriker

A. Faye

Abdoulaye Faye

Senegal

B.date26/02/1978

Age30 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Delap

Rory Delap

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/07/1976

Age32 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Olofinjana73

Seyi Olofinjana

Nigeria

B.date30/06/1980

Age28 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

Amdy Faye

Senegal

B.date12/03/1977

Age31 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Diao78

Salif Diao

Senegal

B.date10/02/1977

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Shawcross

Ryan Shawcross

England

B.date04/10/1987

Age21 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Higginbotham

Danny Higginbotham

Gibraltar

B.date29/12/1978

Age29 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Griffin

Andy Griffin

England

B.date17/03/1979

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Sorensen

Thomas Sorensen

Denmark

B.date12/06/1976

Age32 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Thomas Sorensen		32	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Salif Diao	78	31	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Abdoulaye Faye		30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Shawcross		21	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Griffin		29	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Higginbotham		29	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Seyi Olofinjana	73	28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Amdy Faye		31	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rory Delap		32	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mamady Sidibé	89	28	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ricardo Fuller	1286	29	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Adebayor72

Emmanuel Adebayor

Togo

B.date26/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentre forward

26Bendtner

Nicklas Bendtner

Denmark

B.date16/01/1988

Age20 years

H1m93

positionStriker

Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age21 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

15Denilson65

Denilson

Brazil

B.date16/02/1988

Age20 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

2Diaby

Abou Diaby

France

B.date11/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

17Song

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age21 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

22Clichy90

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age23 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

18Silvestre

Mikaël Silvestre

France

B.date09/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

5Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

3Sagna57

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Almunia

Manuel Almunia

Spain

B.date19/05/1977

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Manuel Almunia		31	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Kolo Touré		27	295	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Mikaël Silvestre		31	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Bacary Sagna	57	25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Gaël Clichy	90	23	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alexandre Song		21	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Denilson	65	20	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Cesc Fàbregas		21	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Abou Diaby		22	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Emmanuel Adebayor	72	24	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	F	Nicklas Bendtner		20	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

106

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Glenn Whelan	78	24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Kitson	89	28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Richard Cresswell	86	31	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
11	M	Robin van Persie	6576	25	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Theo Walcott	57	19	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Carlos Vela	72	19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Amdy Faye

Tom Soares

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kolo Touré

William Gallas

OUT

Nicklas Bendtner

Robin van Persie

OUT

Alexandre Song

Samir Nasri

OUT

Abou Diaby

Theo Walcott

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Pulis

242

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Pulis vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 01, 2008

Pulis vs Wenger

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 01, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

690

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Stoke City

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 01, 2008

Wenger vs Pulis

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 01, 2008

Referee

Rob Styles

1 victory	2 draws	6 losses	Stoke City9 matches	General total	Arsenal21 matches	13 victories	5 draws	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Stoke City2 matches	Season total	Arsenal2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 07, 2009					Latest figure on November 01, 2008

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Key figures

It's the first time Seyi Olofinjana scores 1 goal vs Arsenal in his professional career

End of streak for Arsenal after 6 consecutive matches without a loss away from home (since 13/09/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 09/04/2007-12/11/2007 (12 matches).

It's the first time Ricardo Fuller scores 1 goal vs Arsenal in his professional career

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VStoke City 3-2 Aston Villa23/08/2008

LStoke City 2-3 Everton14/09/2008

DStoke City 2-2 Reading23/09/2008

LStoke City 0-2 Chelsea27/09/2008

VStoke City 2-1 Tottenham19/10/2008

VStoke City 1-0 Sunderland29/10/2008

Overall

DStoke City 2-2 Reading23/09/2008

LStoke City 0-2 Chelsea27/09/2008

LPortsmouth 2-1 Stoke City05/10/2008

VStoke City 2-1 Tottenham19/10/2008

LManchester City 3-0 Stoke City26/10/2008

VStoke City 1-0 Sunderland29/10/2008

Current form

Away

VBlackburn 0-4 Arsenal13/09/2008

DDynamo Kyiv 1-1 Arsenal17/09/2008

VBolton Wanderers 1-3 Arsenal20/09/2008

DSunderland 1-1 Arsenal04/10/2008

VFenerbahçe 2-5 Arsenal21/10/2008

VWest Ham 0-2 Arsenal26/10/2008

Overall

VArsenal 4-0 FC Porto30/09/2008

DSunderland 1-1 Arsenal04/10/2008

VArsenal 3-1 Everton18/10/2008

VFenerbahçe 2-5 Arsenal21/10/2008

VWest Ham 0-2 Arsenal26/10/2008

DArsenal 4-4 Tottenham29/10/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	2	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	6
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	6	13
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

918	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	5
20	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	10
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
3	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
6	Losses (Competition total)	2
2	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.2
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.6

Betting aid

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

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	15
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	9
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ricardo Fuller	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Emmanuel Adebayor
Ricardo Fuller	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Emmanuel Adebayor
Danny Higginbotham	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Emmanuel Adebayor
Danny Higginbotham	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Emmanuel Adebayor
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Emmanuel Adebayor
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Nicklas Bendtner
Ricardo Fuller	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	5 goals, 3 assists during the last 8 matches	Robin van Persie

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

15 v

13 d

10 l

47 gf

40 ga

Away

43 matches

5 v

6 d

32 l

29 gf

92 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

3 gf

5 ga

Total

85 matches

20 v

21 d

44 l

79 gf

137 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

32 v

6 d

5 l

92 gf

29 ga

Away

38 matches

10 v

13 d

15 l

40 gf

47 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

5 gf

3 ga

Total

85 matches

44 v

21 d

20 l

137 gf

79 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 26, 1970
Home	5 - 0	September 26, 1970

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 10, 1950
Away	5 - 2	May 06, 1950

Latest head to head

January 09, 2005 - FA Cup 2004/2005

Arsenal

2 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

November 12, 1996 - League Cup 1996/1997

Arsenal

5 - 2

Stoke City logo Stoke City

October 22, 1996 - League Cup 1996/1997

Stoke City

1 - 1

Arsenal

January 06, 1990 - FA Cup 1989/1990

Stoke City

0 - 1

Arsenal

November 17, 1987 - League Cup 1987/1988

Arsenal

3 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Ritchie	9 goals	1964 - 1971
Jimmy Greenhoff	4 goals	1970 - 1975
Mike Sheron	3 goals	1996 - 1996
Jimmy McIlroy	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Lee Chapman	2 goals	1980 - 1981
Harry Burrows	2 goals	1967 - 1969

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 Stoke City

Joe Baker	6 goals	1963 - 1965
John Radford	5 goals	1966 - 1973
George Graham	4 goals	1967 - 1967
Alan Sunderland	3 goals	1980 - 1982
Jon Sammels	3 goals	1964 - 1967
George Armstrong	3 goals	1969 - 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

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