Arsenal 4-0 Charlton Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 2 January 2007
Result
Arsenal 4-0 Charlton Athletic
Premier League · Tuesday 2 January 2007, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Arsenal 4-0 Charlton Athletic: match report
Arsenal defeated Charlton Athletic 4-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 2 January 2007. The half-time score was 2-0.
Thierry Henry opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Thierry Henry (30', penalty), Justin Hoyte (45'), Robin van Persie (76', penalty) and Robin van Persie (90'). Charlton Athletic did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Charlton Athletic received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 36 points from 21 and Charlton Athletic 19th on 16 points from 21. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Charlton Athletic 19th with 34.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Charlton Athletic.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-W-W-D-W and Charlton Athletic's W-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 29'Red card · Osei Sankofa
- 30'Penalty goal · Thierry Henry
- 32'Yellow card · Souleymane Diawara
- 45'Goal · Justin Hoyte
- 76'Penalty goal · Robin van Persie
- 90'Goal · Robin van Persie
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up
Jens Lehmann, Kolo Touré, Philippe Senderos, Gaël Clichy, Justin Hoyte, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Alexander Hleb, Gilberto Silva, Robin van Persie, Thierry Henry
Charlton Athletic line-up
Scott Carson, Djimi Traoré, Souleymane Diawara, Osei Sankofa, Amdy Faye, Matt Holland, Darren Ambrose, Marcus Bent, Dennis Rommedahl, Talal El Karkouri, Bryan Hughes