Arsenal 2-1 FC Barcelona: result and report

Arsenal 2-1 FC Barcelona

Champions League · Wednesday 16 February 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Arsenal · FC Barcelona · Champions League predictions

Arsenal defeated FC Barcelona 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 16 February 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.

David Villa opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robin van Persie (78') and Andrey Arshavin (83'). FC Barcelona scored through David Villa (26').

Discipline: Arsenal received 4 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 17th on 12 points from 6 and FC Barcelona 10th on 14 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 2 for FC Barcelona.

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