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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Red card · Osei SankofaCharlton Athletic
  • 30'Penalty goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Souleymane DiawaraCharlton Athletic
  • 45'Goal · Justin HoyteArsenal · 2-0
  • 76'Penalty goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 3-0
  • 90'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 4-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 9, draws 1, Charlton Athletic 0.

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