Arsenal 3-1 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 6 March 2010

Result

Arsenal 3-1 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 6 March 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 3-1 Burnley: match report

Arsenal beat Burnley 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 March 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

Cesc Fàbregas opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Cesc Fàbregas (34'), T. Walcott (60') and Andrey Arshavin (90'). Burnley scored through David Nugent (50').

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Burnley received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 58 points from 28 and Burnley 19th on 23 points from 27. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Burnley 18th with 30.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burnley in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Burnley.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W-L-L and Burnley's L-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Kevin McDonaldBurnley
  • 34'Goal · Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 1-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Martin PatersonBurnley
  • 50'Goal · David NugentBurnley · 1-1
  • 60'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Clarke CarlisleBurnley
  • 71'Yellow card · Wade ElliottBurnley
  • 90'Goal · Andrey ArshavinArsenal · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Arsenal 0, draws 1, Burnley 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Almunia, Mikaël Silvestre, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Theo Walcott, Nicklas Bendtner, Thomas Vermaelen

Burnley expected line-up (4-4-2)

Brian Jensen, Tyrone Mears, Danny Fox, Clarke Carlisle, Leon Cort, Andre Bikey, K. McDonald, Steven Fletcher, Martin Paterson