Arsenal 2-0 Standard Liège: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 24 November 2009
Result
Arsenal 2-0 Standard Liège
Champions League · Tuesday 24 November 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Arsenal 2-0 Standard Liège: match report
Arsenal beat Standard Liège 2-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 24 November 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Samir Nasri opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Samir Nasri (35') and Denílson (45+2'). Standard Liège did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Standard Liège received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 16 points from 6 and Standard Liège 39th on 4 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Standard Liège in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 0 draws and 0 for Standard Liège.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Standard Liège's W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Samir Nasri
- 45+2'Goal · Denílson
- 68'Yellow card · Landry Mulemo
- 70'Yellow card · Eliaquim Mangala
- 86'Red card · Mehdi Carcela-González
- 86'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Almunia, William Gallas, Emmanuel Eboué, Kieran Gibbs, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Alex Song, Carlos Vela, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen
Standard Liège line-up (4-4-2)
Sinan Bolat, Reginal Goreux, Felipe, Landry Mulemo, Camozzato, Mohamed Sarr, Eliaquim Mangala, Axel Witsel, Wilfred Dalmat, Dieumerci Mbokani, Mehdi Carcela-González