Arsenal 3-1 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 17 October 2009
Result
Arsenal 3-1 Birmingham City
Premier League · Saturday 17 October 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Arsenal 3-1 Birmingham City: match report
Arsenal won against Birmingham City 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 October 2009. The half-time score was 2-1.
Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robin van Persie (16'), Abou Diaby (18') and Andrey Arshavin (85'). Birmingham City scored through Lee Bowyer (38').
Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 15 points from 7 and Birmingham City 14th on 7 points from 8. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Birmingham City 9th with 50.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Birmingham City in a 4-3-2-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W-L-L and Birmingham City's L-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 18'Goal · Abou Diaby
- 38'Goal · Lee Bowyer
- 59'Yellow card · Joe Hart
- 64'Yellow card · Liam Ridgewell
- 73'Yellow card · A. Song
- 85'Goal · Andrey Arshavin
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Vito Mannone, William Gallas, Emmanuel Eboué, Kieran Gibbs, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Thomas Vermaelen
Birmingham City line-up (4-3-2-1)
Joe Hart, Stephen Carr, Liam Ridgewell, Roger Johnson, Scott Dann, Sebastian Larsson, Cameron Jerome, James McFadden, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson, Lee Kevin Carsley