Arsenal 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 23 November 2011

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Borussia Dortmund

Champions League · Wednesday 23 November 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Arsenal · Borussia Dortmund · Champions League predictions

Arsenal 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: match report

Arsenal won against Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 23 November 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robin van Persie (49') and Robin van Persie (86'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Shinji Kagawa (90+2').

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 9th on 12 points from 6 and Borussia Dortmund 48th on 4 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Borussia Dortmund in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 1 draw and 1 for Borussia Dortmund.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Marcel SchmelzerBorussia Dortmund
  • 63'Yellow card · T. WalcottArsenal
  • 76'Yellow card · Aaron RamseyArsenal
  • 78'Yellow card · Yossi BenayounArsenal
  • 86'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 2-0
  • 90+2'Goal · Shinji KagawaBorussia Dortmund · 2-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Arsenal 1, draws 1, Borussia Dortmund 1.

Team news

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

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-2-3-1)

Roman Weidenfeller, Mats Hummels, Sven Bender, Łukasz Piszczek, Felipe Santana, Sebastian Kehl, Mario Götze, Kevin Großkreutz, S. Kagawa, Robert Lewandowski, Marcel Schmelzer