Arsenal vs Stoke City (Barclays Premier League)

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The last meeting between the two teams end up to Stoke victory with a score of 3-1. Stoke goal of the match scored by Jones, Pennant, and Walters, while Arsenal's only goal scored by Van Persie.

In the last five meetings between the two teams, Arsenal won three victories, while two other woods meeting was won by Stoke.

Stoke has never recorded a victory at home to Arsenal in the past 3 decades, where their last victory occurred in 1981 ago. Stoke managed to win with a score of 1-0.

In the final game of the Champions League, Arsenal won 1-0 win over Marseille with goals from Aaron Ramsey in the final minutes of the game.

By the league itself, they also managed to grab a 2-1 victory over Sunderland by two goals from Van Persie.

The victory was made Arsenal rose to the position of the notch 10 standings with 10 points from eight matches they have played.

Van Persie himself now entered the ranks as Premier League top scorer with 5 goals (ranked 4th).

Meanwhile, Stoke City also managed to achieve victory in the Champions League Europa over Maccabi Tel-Aviv with a score of 3-0. Stoke goal of the match scored by Jones, Jerome and Shotton.

They also managed to achieve victory in their last Premier League match. Stoke managed to win over Fulham with a score of 2-0 thanks to goals from Walters and Delap.

Stoke's victory was made up to the rank of the seven Premier League standings with a total score of 12 points from eight matches they have played.