Arsenal 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 October 2010

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 16 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 2-1 Birmingham City: match report

Arsenal won against Birmingham City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 October 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.

Nikola Zigic opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Samir Nasri (41', penalty) and Marouane Chamakh (47'). Birmingham City scored through Nikola Zigic (33').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 11 points from 7 and Birmingham City 16th on 7 points from 7. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 39.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-L-D-W-W and Birmingham City's L-D-L-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Nikola ZigicBirmingham City · 0-1
  • 41'Penalty goal · Samir NasriArsenal · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Samir NasriArsenal
  • 47'Goal · Marouane ChamakhArsenal · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Lee BowyerBirmingham City
  • 72'Yellow card · Stephen CarrBirmingham City
  • 77'Yellow card · Emmanuel EbouéArsenal
  • 90+2'Red card · J. WilshereArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 4, Birmingham City 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lukasz Fabianski, Sébastien Squillaci, Johan Djourou, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Abou Diaby, Samir Nasri, Alex Song, J. Wilshere, Andrey Arshavin, Marouane Chamakh

Birmingham City line-up (4-5-1)

Ben Foster, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Scott Dann, Sebastian Larsson, Keith Fahey, Alexander Hleb, Nikola Zigic, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson