Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 August 2006
Result
Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 26 August 2006, 15:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal: match report
Manchester City defeated Arsenal 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 August 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Joey Barton of Manchester City in the 41st minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Manchester City went on to finish that season 14th with 42 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 9 for Arsenal.
Key events
- 41'Penalty goal · Joey Barton
- 45'Yellow card · Robin van Persie
- 53'Yellow card · Stephen Jordan
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up
Richard Dunne, Micah Richards, Sylvain Distin, David Sommeil, Claudio Reyna, Trevor Sinclair, Darius Vassell, Georgios Samaras, David James, Joey Barton
Arsenal line-up
Jens Lehmann, Kolo Touré, Johan Djourou, Emmanuel Eboué, Justin Hoyte, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Alexander Hleb, Gilberto Silva, Robin van Persie, Thierry Henry