Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 18 December 2011

Result

Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 18 December 2011, 16:10 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal: match report

Manchester City won against Arsenal 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 December 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from David Silva of Manchester City in the 53rd minute.

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 38 points from 15 and Arsenal 5th on 29 points from 15. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 70.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · A. SongArsenal
  • 39'Yellow card · Gareth BarryManchester City
  • 45'Yellow card · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal
  • 53'Goal · David SilvaManchester City · 1-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Sergio AgüeroManchester City
  • 74'Yellow card · Mikel ArtetaArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 3, draws 2, Arsenal 5.

Team news

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Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Shay Given, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Jérôme Boateng, James Milner, Shaun Wright-Phillips, David Silva, P. Vieira, Aleksandar Kolarov

Arsenal expected line-up (4-3-3)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Samir Nasri, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen