Terverifikasi Administratif dan Faktual oleh Dewan Pers
Akan tetapi, The Gunners tetap kesulitan membongkar pertahanan Stoke hingga pertandingan berakhir. Stoke pun menuai tiga poin pertama laga ini.
Stoke City 1-0 Arsenal (Jese Rodriguez 47')
Stoke City: 1-Jack Butland, 17-Ryan Shawcross, 20-Geoff Cameron, 6-Kurt Zouma, 24-Darren Fletcher, 4-Joe Allen, 3-Erik Pieters (15-Bruno Martin Indi 89'), 18-Mame Diouf, 10-Maxim Choupo-Moting, 11-Jese Rodriguez (32-Ramadan Sobhi 71'), 22-Xherdan Shaqiri (9-Saido Berahino 25')
Pelatih: Mark Hughes
Arsenal: 33-Petr Cech, 18-Nacho Monreal, 31-Sead Kolasinac (12-Olivier Giroud 66'), 20-Shkodran Mustafi, 29-Granit Xhaka (17-Alex Iwobi 79'), 8-Aaron Ramsey, 15-Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 24-Hector Bellerin, 23-Danny Welbeck, 11-Mesut Ozil, 9-Alexandre Lacazette (14-Theo Walcott 78')
Pelatih: Arsene Wenger
Wasit: Andre Marriner