Arsenal 1-0 West Bromwich Albion: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2012
Result
Arsenal 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 1-0 West Bromwich Albion: match report
Arsenal won against West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 December 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
Mikel Arteta opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Mikel Arteta (26', penalty) and Mikel Arteta (64', penalty). West Bromwich Albion did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 10th on 21 points from 15 and West Bromwich Albion 5th on 24 points from 15. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 73 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 45.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 2 for West Bromwich Albion.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-D-D-W-D and West Bromwich Albion's L-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 26'Penalty goal · Mikel Arteta
- 54'Yellow card · Jonas Olsson
- 55'Yellow card · Olivier Giroud
- 58'Yellow card · Chris Brunt
- 64'Penalty goal · Mikel Arteta
- 67'Yellow card · Per Mertesacker
- 79'Yellow card · Steven Reid
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, Thomas Vermaelen, Kieran Gibbs, Mikel Arteta, J. Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud, Gervinho
West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Boaz Myhill, Steven Reid, Gareth McAuley, Jonas Olsson, Liam Ridgewell, James Morrison, Youssouf Chafiq Mulumbu Ngangu, Zoltán Gera, Chris Brunt, Shane Long, Peter Odemwingie