Birmingham City 0-3 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 January 2011

Result

Birmingham City 0-3 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 1 January 2011, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Birmingham City 0-3 Arsenal: match report

Birmingham City were beaten by Arsenal 0-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 January 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Birmingham City did not score. Arsenal scored through Robin van Persie (13'), Samir Nasri (58') and an own goal by R. Johnson (66').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 18th on 19 points from 18 and Arsenal 3rd on 36 points from 19. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 39 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 4 draws and 5 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · R. JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 13'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellBirmingham City
  • 34'Yellow card · Johan DjourouArsenal
  • 51'Yellow card · S. DannBirmingham City
  • 58'Goal · Samir NasriArsenal · 0-2
  • 66'Own goal · R. JohnsonArsenal · 0-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 4, Arsenal 5.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Ben Foster, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Scott Dann, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Jean Beausejour, Cameron Jerome, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson

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

Lukasz Fabianski, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Johan Djourou, Gaël Clichy, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Alex Song, J. Wilshere, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott