Arsenal v Stoke City

Start date: Sun May 24, 2009
League: Premier League
Sport: Soccer

Arsenal 3-2 Stoke City

van Persie 16
Diaby 18
van Persie 41

Own Goal 10
Fuller 31

Game summary

The game was played in Premier League on Sunday May 24.
Denilson was shown a yellow card after 4 minutes.
Arsenal FC scored an own goal after 10 minutes.
van Persie scored an equalizer 16 minutes into the game.
Diaby scored a goal for Arsenal FC, making it 3-0, in the 18th minute.
Fuller scored an equalizer 31 minutes into the game.
van Persie scored a goal for Arsenal FC, making it 4-1, in the 41st minute.
The game ended in a 3-2 victory for the home team Arsenal FC.

Team comparison

Average goals and home team advantage

The graphs and numbers here are based on the last 40 played games for Arsenal FC (21 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses) and the last 40 games for Stoke City FC (13 wins, 10 draws and 17 losses).

During that period, the average number of goals scored per game was 2.55 for Arsenal FC and 1.13 for Stoke City FC. The average for all teams combined within the Premier League was 1.36 goals scored per game. This means that Arsenal is better than its peers and Stoke City is worse than its peers when it comes to scoring goals.

The home team, Arsenal, is quite strong as a home team, winning a whopping 60% of their home games. The away team, Stoke City, usually wins just 25% of its away games which is particularly weak compared to the rest of the league.