Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Monday 21 December 2015

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Monday 21 December 2015, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City: match report

Arsenal beat Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday 21 December 2015. The half-time score was 2-0.

T. Walcott opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Arsenal's goals came from T. Walcott (33') and Olivier Giroud (45+1'). Manchester City scored through Yaya Touré (82').

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 33 points from 16 and Manchester City 3rd on 30 points from 16. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Manchester City 5th with 64.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 3 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · David SilvaManchester City
  • 33'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 1-0
  • 45+1'Goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 2-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Nicolás OtamendiManchester City
  • 82'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 3, Manchester City 3.

Team news

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

Petr Čech, Nacho Monreal, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Héctor Bellerín, Mesut Özil, Santi Cazorla, Joel Campbell, Francis Coquelin, Alexis Sánchez, Olivier Giroud

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Nicolás Otamendi, Bacary Sagna, Gaël Clichy, Yaya Touré, Fernandinho, Raheem Sterling, Jesús Navas, Fernando