Manchester City 3-0 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 November 2008
Result
Manchester City 3-0 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 22 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester City 3-0 Arsenal: match report
Manchester City won against Arsenal 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 November 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Stephen Ireland opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Stephen Ireland (45+2'), Robinho (56') and Daniel Sturridge (90'). Arsenal did not score.
Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 12th on 14 points from 13 and Arsenal 4th on 23 points from 13. Manchester City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Arsenal 4th with 72.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 1 draw and 8 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-L-L-L-W and Arsenal's L-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 45+2'Goal · Stephen Ireland
- 56'Goal · Robinho
- 87'Yellow card · Alex Song
- 90'Goal · Daniel Sturridge
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Ball, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Darius Vassell, Vedran Ćorluka
Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)
Almunia, Mikaël Silvestre, Johan Djourou, Gaël Clichy, Gavin Hoyte, Abou Diaby, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Nicklas Bendtner