Stoke v Arsenal Betting Preview – Premier League 13th May 5.30pm
Stoke are just playing out the season with nothing at stake at all right now. They haven’t been in the greatest of from but they are a side who knows how to scrap and battle and they could throw Arsenal off their game. The Gunners had an extra game in midweek as well which won’t have helped them prepare for a scrap that they are going to get in the Potteries.
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Stoke v Arsenal Betting Tips
The Potters have really fallen below par recently down the final stretch and they have collected only the one win in their last nine Premier League games (D3 L5). So nothing convincing has come from them and they have only gone W1 D1 L2 in their last four on home soil as well in the top flight. Overall this season the Potters have gone W7 D6 L5 at home in the league and this is their final home game of the term. Just 39% of their games this season at the Bet365 Stadium have gone over 2.5 goals and therefore under 2.5 goals in this one at Sky Bet fetches a price of 5/4. Stoke lost 3-1 at Arsenal earlier in the season but the Potters have only lost one of their eight home Premier League games against the Gunners (W4 D3). Boss Mark Hughes is unbeaten in his last eight home Premier League meetings with Arsene Wenger (W5 D3) too. Stoke also have won their final home game of the season in each of the last three seasons and in the Sky Bet Correct Score market, a 2-1 win for the side returns a price of 16/1.
The Gunners recorded a 2-0 away win at Southampton in midweek, coming out on top in a dire game. So that has taken them to a W2 L5 record in their last seven away games now in the Premier League and the result at St Mary’s keeps their hopes of a top-four finish alive. They now head into the weekend three points back of fourth-placed Man City with a considerably worse goal difference to that of the Citizens as well. They don’t have great winning form in the Potteries and this isn’t an easy game. Arsenal have actually failed to score in three of their last four games at Stoke, with two 0-0 draws in that sequence. A 0-0 correct score option at Sky Bet is a price of 14/1. So while Arsenal haven’t been great on the road, to say the least lately, they haven’t lost any of their last nine away league games in May (W5 D3) – the last side to beat them was Stoke in 2011. In the Sky Bet anytime goalscorer market, Alexis Sanchez is 10/11 favourite with Olivier Giroud at 21/20.
Stoke v Arsenal Betting Odds
Arsenal 3/5, Draw 3/1, Stoke 17/4
Stoke v Arsenal Predictions
Stoke home win: At the price, the Potters are worth a flutter in their final home game of the season. Arsenal have been poor on the road and the home side will fight and get under their skin. It looks like a game where the underdogs are decent value.
