Charlton Athletic 1-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 September 2006

Result

Charlton Athletic 1-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 30 September 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Charlton Athletic 1-2 Arsenal: match report

Charlton Athletic were beaten by Arsenal 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 September 2006. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Charlton Athletic's goal came from Darren Bent (21'). Arsenal scored through Robin van Persie (32') and Robin van Persie (49').

Discipline: Charlton Athletic received 4 yellow cards; Arsenal received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Charlton Athletic were 19th on 3 points from 6 and Arsenal 9th on 8 points from 5. Charlton Athletic went on to finish that season 19th with 34 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Charlton Athletic win, 1 draw and 8 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · H. HreiðarssonCharlton Athletic
  • 21'Goal · Darren BentCharlton Athletic · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Kevin LisbieCharlton Athletic
  • 27'Yellow card · Robin van PersieArsenal
  • 32'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 1-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkCharlton Athletic
  • 43'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasArsenal
  • 49'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 1-2
  • 73'Yellow card · Kolo TouréArsenal
  • 84'Yellow card · Justin HoyteArsenal
  • 90'Yellow card · Radostin KishishevCharlton Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Charlton Athletic 1, draws 1, Arsenal 8.

Team news

Charlton Athletic line-up

Scott Carson, Luke Young, Jonathan Fortune, Amdy Faye, Andy Reid, Darren Bent, Kevin Lisbie, Hermann Hreidarsson, Talal El Karkouri, Jerrel Hasselbaink, Bryan Hughes

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Emmanuel Eboué, Justin Hoyte, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Gilberto Silva, Robin van Persie, Fredrik Ljungberg, Thierry Henry