Arsenal 1-3 Anderlecht: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 4 November 2014
Result
Arsenal 1-3 Anderlecht
Champions League · Tuesday 4 November 2014, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Arsenal 1-3 Anderlecht: match report
Arsenal lost to Anderlecht 1-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 4 November 2014. The half-time score was 2-0.
Mikel Arteta opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Mikel Arteta (25', penalty), A. Sánchez (29') and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (58'). Anderlecht scored through Anthony Vanden Borre (61'), Anthony Vanden Borre (73', penalty) and Aleksandar Mitrović (90').
Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Anderlecht received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 29th on 6 points from 5 and Anderlecht 65th on 1 point from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Anderlecht in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 0 draws and 0 for Anderlecht.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-D-L-D-D and Anderlecht's L-L-D.
Key events
- 25'Penalty goal · Mikel Arteta
- 29'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 58'Goal · Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
- 61'Goal · Anthony Vanden Borre
- 72'Yellow card · Nacho Monreal
- 73'Penalty goal · Anthony Vanden Borre
- 87'Yellow card · Sacha Kljestan
- 89'Yellow card · Aleksandar Mitrović
- 90'Goal · Aleksandar Mitrović
- 90+3'Yellow card · Anthony Vanden Borre
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-1-4-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Kieran Gibbs, Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal, Calum Chambers, Mikel Arteta, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey, Santi Cazorla, Alexis Sánchez, Danny Welbeck
Anderlecht line-up (4-4-1-1)
Silvio Proto, Olivier Deschacht, Andy Nájar, Chancel Mbemba, Anthony Vanden Borre, Dennis Praet, Sacha Kljestan, Ibrahima Conte, Youri Tielemans, Cyriac, Frank Acheampong