Stoke City v Arsenal, 19 August 2017

Score1-0 to Stoke City
RefereeAndre Marriner
CompetitionPremier League
Venuebet365 Stadium
Attendance29,459

View Stoke City v Arsenal head to head

Kick-off: 5.30pm Stoke City had now lost only one of their last eight home games against Arsenal in the Premier League (won four).

1 Stoke City

0 Arsenal

Goals:

Jesé 47 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jack Butland
Defender Erik Pieters
Defender Kurt Zouma
Defender/Centre back Ryan Shawcross
Defender/Midfielder Geoff Cameron
Midfielder Joe Allen
Midfielder Darren Fletcher
Midfielder/Forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
Midfielder/Forward Xherdan Shaqiri
Forward Mame Biram Diouf
Forward Jesé

Starting lineup:

Petr Čech Goalkeeper
Héctor Bellerín Defender
Nacho Monreal Defender
Shkodran Mustafi Defender
Sead Kolašinac Defender/Midfielder
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Mesut Özil Midfielder
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Midfielder
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder
Alexandre Lacazette Forward
Danny Welbeck Forward

Substitutions:

Saido Berahino for Xherdan Shaqiri 25
Ramadan Sobhi for Jesé 71
Bruno Martins Indi for Erik Pieters 89

Substitutions:

Olivier Giroud for Sead Kolašinac 66
Theo Walcott for Alexandre Lacazette 78
Alex Iwobi for Granit Xhaka 79

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Lee Grant
Defender/Full back Glen Johnson
Defender/Midfielder Bruno Martins Indi
Midfielder Ramadan Sobhi
Forward Saido Berahino
Forward Peter Crouch
Forward Bojan Krkić

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Defender Per Mertesacker
Midfielder Francis Coquelin
Midfielder Mohamed El Neny
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi
Midfielder/Forward Theo Walcott
Forward Olivier Giroud

Comments:

League position: 13th Jesé became the third player to score on their Premier League debut for Stoke City after Ricardo Fuller in 2008 and Michael Kightly in 2012. Having avoided losing their first two games of a Premier League season for the first time since 2010, the Potters had failed to win any of their first seven league games in 2016-17 and the first six in 2015-16. City failed to win any of their games against the top six teams in the Premier League in 2016-17, taking only three points out of a possible 36. Stoke City manager Mark Hughes said: “It was a fantastic finish from Jesé, everyone has seen today what he’s going to bring to Stoke and to the Premier League. He is an elite player, one that changes games for teams, and we are delighted that he’s here. I saw glimpses in training and I knew that if we could get him on the pitch and give him moments and opportunities to show what he can do then he would be devastating.”

Comments:

League position: 11th Arsenal had now kept one clean sheet in their last nine away games in the Premier League. The Gunners had now failed to win both of their opening two Premier League games in every season since 2009-10. This was the first time in the last nine seasons that they had lost their opening away league game. Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger said: "I believe it’s the kind of night when you are angry because not only did we not score with the chances we had, but we made stupid mistakes centrally for the goal. First by losing the ball and then we didn’t defend properly. Last week we conceded three goals from three shots. Today we have to look at ourselves."

1 Stoke City

Goals:

Jesé 47 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jack Butland
Defender Erik Pieters
Defender Kurt Zouma
Defender/Centre back Ryan Shawcross
Defender/Midfielder Geoff Cameron
Midfielder Joe Allen
Midfielder Darren Fletcher
Midfielder/Forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
Midfielder/Forward Xherdan Shaqiri
Forward Mame Biram Diouf
Forward Jesé

Substitutions:

Saido Berahino for Xherdan Shaqiri 25
Ramadan Sobhi for Jesé 71
Bruno Martins Indi for Erik Pieters 89

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Lee Grant
Defender/Full back Glen Johnson
Defender/Midfielder Bruno Martins Indi
Midfielder Ramadan Sobhi
Forward Saido Berahino
Forward Peter Crouch
Forward Bojan Krkić

Comments:

League position: 13th Jesé became the third player to score on their Premier League debut for Stoke City after Ricardo Fuller in 2008 and Michael Kightly in 2012. Having avoided losing their first two games of a Premier League season for the first time since 2010, the Potters had failed to win any of their first seven league games in 2016-17 and the first six in 2015-16. City failed to win any of their games against the top six teams in the Premier League in 2016-17, taking only three points out of a possible 36. Stoke City manager Mark Hughes said: “It was a fantastic finish from Jesé, everyone has seen today what he’s going to bring to Stoke and to the Premier League. He is an elite player, one that changes games for teams, and we are delighted that he’s here. I saw glimpses in training and I knew that if we could get him on the pitch and give him moments and opportunities to show what he can do then he would be devastating.”

0 Arsenal

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Petr Čech Goalkeeper
Héctor Bellerín Defender
Nacho Monreal Defender
Shkodran Mustafi Defender
Sead Kolašinac Defender/Midfielder
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Mesut Özil Midfielder
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Midfielder
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder
Alexandre Lacazette Forward
Danny Welbeck Forward

Substitutions:

Olivier Giroud for Sead Kolašinac 66
Theo Walcott for Alexandre Lacazette 78
Alex Iwobi for Granit Xhaka 79

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Defender Per Mertesacker
Midfielder Francis Coquelin
Midfielder Mohamed El Neny
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi
Midfielder/Forward Theo Walcott
Forward Olivier Giroud

Comments:

League position: 11th Arsenal had now kept one clean sheet in their last nine away games in the Premier League. The Gunners had now failed to win both of their opening two Premier League games in every season since 2009-10. This was the first time in the last nine seasons that they had lost their opening away league game. Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger said: "I believe it’s the kind of night when you are angry because not only did we not score with the chances we had, but we made stupid mistakes centrally for the goal. First by losing the ball and then we didn’t defend properly. Last week we conceded three goals from three shots. Today we have to look at ourselves."