Stoke City v Arsenal

Stoke City will face a tough test at home when they host title contenders Arsenal in Premier League play. Both Arsenal and Stoke won their respective games last week.

The home side Stoke City are in 11th place of the Premiership log with 34 points from 26 matches. Stoke sit just ahead of 12th place Blackburn Rovers on goal difference with one match in hand on them, while sitting 3 points behind the 10th place Birmingham City. The side managed by Tony Pulis were winners away to Portsmouth by a score of 1-2 at Fratton Park. The Potters have two injury concerns this week and they are Etherington and Higginbotham who are both doubtful.

The Gunners held serve at home last week by a score of 2-0 over the Black Cats of Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium. With their victory, the side managed by Arsene Wenger now have 55 points for the year and they sit 9 points ahead of the 4th place Tottenham Hotspur and 5 points behind the 2nd place Manchester United with one game in hand on them. Arsenal have six confirmed injury absences this week and they are Diaby, William Gallas, Gibbs, Arshavin, Van Persie and Djourou.

Live Premier League
Stoke City v Arsenal
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