Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2012

Result

Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Arsenal: match report

Queens Park Rangers defeated Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 March 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

A. Taarabt opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Queens Park Rangers's goals came from A. Taarabt (22') and S. Diakité (66'). Arsenal scored through T. Walcott (37').

Discipline: Queens Park Rangers received 5 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Queens Park Rangers were 18th on 25 points from 30 and Arsenal 3rd on 58 points from 30. Queens Park Rangers went on to finish that season 17th with 37 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 70.

Queens Park Rangers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Queens Park Rangers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Arsenal.

Going into the match Queens Park Rangers's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Arsenal's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · A. TaarabtQueens Park Rangers · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · A. TaarabtQueens Park Rangers
  • 37'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Jamie MackieQueens Park Rangers
  • 62'Yellow card · Thomas VermaelenArsenal
  • 65'Yellow card · A. SongArsenal
  • 66'Goal · S. DiakitéQueens Park Rangers · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Anton FerdinandQueens Park Rangers
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Joey BartonQueens Park Rangers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · S. DiakitéQueens Park Rangers

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Queens Park Rangers 0, draws 0, Arsenal 1.

Team news

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Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-4-2)

Paddy Kenny, Clint Hill, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Anton Ferdinand, Nedum Onuoha, Samba Diakité, Adel Taarabt, Jamie Mackie, Bobby Zamora, Shaun Derry, Joey Barton

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

Wojciech Szczesny, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, Kieran Gibbs, Alex Song, Aaron Ramsey, Tomáš Rosický, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie, Gervinho, Thomas Vermaelen