Arsenal 3-3 Norwich City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 May 2012
Result
Arsenal 3-3 Norwich City
Premier League · Saturday 5 May 2012, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Arsenal 3-3 Norwich City: match report
Arsenal drew with Norwich City 3-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 May 2012. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Yossi Benayoun opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Yossi Benayoun (2'), Robin van Persie (72') and Robin van Persie (80'). Norwich City scored through Wesley Hoolahan (12'), Grant Holt (27') and Steve Morison (85').
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Norwich City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 66 points from 36 and Norwich City 14th on 43 points from 36. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Norwich City 12th with 47.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Norwich City in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 0 for Norwich City.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-D-L-W-W and Norwich City's L-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Yossi Benayoun
- 12'Goal · Wesley Hoolahan
- 20'Yellow card · Aaron Ramsey
- 27'Goal · Grant Holt
- 29'Yellow card · S. Jackson
- 45+3'Yellow card · Thomas Vermaelen
- 60'Yellow card · Wesley Hoolahan
- 72'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 80'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 85'Goal · Steve Morison
- 90+2'Yellow card · Aaron Wilbraham
Head-to-head
Team news
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Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Tomáš Rosický, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Yossi Benayoun, Robin van Persie, Gervinho, Thomas Vermaelen
Norwich City expected line-up (4-3-3)
John Ruddy, Zak Whitbread, Kyle Naughton, Elliott Ward, Adam Drury, David Fox, Andrew Surman, Andrew Crofts, Simeon Jackson, Grant Holt, Wesley Hoolahan