Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, shawnsportz will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Arsenal's clash with Stoke at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal vs Stoke (Emirates Stadium, Saturday - 15:00)
Team news
Arsenal
Arsenal could have Hector Bellerin back for the Premier League visit of Stoke on Saturday.
The right-back has been missing with an ankle injury but is back in training and may come straight into the side to replace Gabriel.
Petr Cech will return in goal after David Ospina deputised in the Champions League win over Basle on Tuesday, while Santi Cazorla (Achilles), Per Mertesacker and Danny Welbeck (both knee) are all definite absentees.
Provisional squad: Cech, Ospina, Martinez, Bellerin, Jenkinson, Holding, Gabriel, Koscielny, Mustafi, Gibbs, Monreal, Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Coquelin, Ramsey, Xhaka, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Walcott, Reine-Adelaide, Iwobi, Sanchez, Akpom, Giroud.
Stoke
Bruno Martins Indi and Marko Arnautovic will be fit for Stoke when they travel to the Emirates Stadium to face in-form Arsenal.
Defender Martins Indi was sent for precautionary X-rays after he was elbowed in the face by Burnley striker Ashley Barnes last weekend but he has been passed fit along with midfielder Arnautovic, who was also nursing a knock following the 2-0 home win against the Clarets.
Ryan Shawcross remains a major doubt with his calf complaint and Geoff Cameron (knee) is still a couple of weeks away from getting back to fitness.
Provisional squad: Given, Grant, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters, Muniesa, Whelan, Adam, Imbula, Bojan, Shaqiri, Sobhi, Arnautovic, Walters, Bony, Diouf, Crouch.
Key match stats (supplied by Opta)
- Arsenal have won each of their last 14 home games in all competitions against Stoke City, keeping eight clean sheets in the process.
- Stoke’s last away league win at Arsenal came in the first game of the 1981/82 season, with Lee Chapman scoring the only goal of the game.
- Arsenal are now on a 13-game unbeaten run in the Premier League (W9 D4 L0); their longest such run in the competition since a run of 16 games that ended in April 2011.
- Stoke City have lost only one of their last nine Premier League games (W5 D3 L1) and have won their last two matches in the competition without conceding a goal.
- The Potters have lost all eight of their visits to the Emirates in the Premier League. Only at Old Trafford have they gone longer without a win since being promoted in 2008 (nine games, W0 D1 L8).
- Alexis Sanchez scored twice and assisted another goal in Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Stoke in January 2015.
- Sanchez has had a hand in 25 goals in his last 25 Premier League appearances for Arsenal (18 goals, seven assists).
- This is Sanchez’s joint-best goal return after 14 apps of a league season in Europe (11 goals), equalling his 11-goal tally for Barcelona in 2013-14. If he scores in this game, it would be his best goalscoring start to a European league season after 15 games.
- Peter Crouch has scored eight times against Arsenal in the Premier League – only against Blackburn does he have as many goals in the competition.
- The Gunners have made a higher proportion of their passes in the final third of the pitch than any other team in the Premier League so far this season (36.5%).
ARSENAL VS STOKE
Kick-off: Sat, 15:00
Referee: Lee Mason
Odds (subject to change):
Arsenal 4/11
Stoke 13/2
Draw 4/1
Managers:
Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)
Mark Hughes (Stoke)
Recent league form:
Arsenal - WWDDW
Stoke - WWLDW.
Arsenal vs Stoke (Emirates Stadium, Saturday - 15:00)
Team news
Arsenal
Arsenal could have Hector Bellerin back for the Premier League visit of Stoke on Saturday.
The right-back has been missing with an ankle injury but is back in training and may come straight into the side to replace Gabriel.
Petr Cech will return in goal after David Ospina deputised in the Champions League win over Basle on Tuesday, while Santi Cazorla (Achilles), Per Mertesacker and Danny Welbeck (both knee) are all definite absentees.
Provisional squad: Cech, Ospina, Martinez, Bellerin, Jenkinson, Holding, Gabriel, Koscielny, Mustafi, Gibbs, Monreal, Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Coquelin, Ramsey, Xhaka, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Walcott, Reine-Adelaide, Iwobi, Sanchez, Akpom, Giroud.
Stoke
Bruno Martins Indi and Marko Arnautovic will be fit for Stoke when they travel to the Emirates Stadium to face in-form Arsenal.
Defender Martins Indi was sent for precautionary X-rays after he was elbowed in the face by Burnley striker Ashley Barnes last weekend but he has been passed fit along with midfielder Arnautovic, who was also nursing a knock following the 2-0 home win against the Clarets.
Ryan Shawcross remains a major doubt with his calf complaint and Geoff Cameron (knee) is still a couple of weeks away from getting back to fitness.
Provisional squad: Given, Grant, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters, Muniesa, Whelan, Adam, Imbula, Bojan, Shaqiri, Sobhi, Arnautovic, Walters, Bony, Diouf, Crouch.
Key match stats (supplied by Opta)
- Arsenal have won each of their last 14 home games in all competitions against Stoke City, keeping eight clean sheets in the process.
- Stoke’s last away league win at Arsenal came in the first game of the 1981/82 season, with Lee Chapman scoring the only goal of the game.
- Arsenal are now on a 13-game unbeaten run in the Premier League (W9 D4 L0); their longest such run in the competition since a run of 16 games that ended in April 2011.
- Stoke City have lost only one of their last nine Premier League games (W5 D3 L1) and have won their last two matches in the competition without conceding a goal.
- The Potters have lost all eight of their visits to the Emirates in the Premier League. Only at Old Trafford have they gone longer without a win since being promoted in 2008 (nine games, W0 D1 L8).
- Alexis Sanchez scored twice and assisted another goal in Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Stoke in January 2015.
- Sanchez has had a hand in 25 goals in his last 25 Premier League appearances for Arsenal (18 goals, seven assists).
- This is Sanchez’s joint-best goal return after 14 apps of a league season in Europe (11 goals), equalling his 11-goal tally for Barcelona in 2013-14. If he scores in this game, it would be his best goalscoring start to a European league season after 15 games.
- Peter Crouch has scored eight times against Arsenal in the Premier League – only against Blackburn does he have as many goals in the competition.
- The Gunners have made a higher proportion of their passes in the final third of the pitch than any other team in the Premier League so far this season (36.5%).
ARSENAL VS STOKE
Kick-off: Sat, 15:00
Referee: Lee Mason
Odds (subject to change):
Arsenal 4/11
Stoke 13/2
Draw 4/1
Managers:
Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)
Mark Hughes (Stoke)
Recent league form:
Arsenal - WWDDW
Stoke - WWLDW.
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