Arsenal 5-0 Derby County: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2007

Result

Arsenal 5-0 Derby County

Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Arsenal 5-0 Derby County: match report

Arsenal won against Derby County 5-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 September 2007. The half-time score was 2-0.

Abou Diaby opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Abou Diaby (10'), Emmanuel Adebayor (25'), Emmanuel Adebayor (50', penalty), Cesc Fàbregas (70') and Emmanuel Adebayor (79'). Derby County did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Derby County received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 13 points from 5 and Derby County 19th on 4 points from 6. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Derby County 20th with 11.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Derby County in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Derby County.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Abou DiabyArsenal · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal · 2-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Eduardo da SilvaArsenal
  • 39'Yellow card · Edward LewisDerby County
  • 50'Penalty goal · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal · 3-0
  • 70'Goal · Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 4-0
  • 79'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal · 5-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 1, Derby County 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, Philippe Senderos, Gaël Clichy, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Mathieu Flamini, Eduardo da Silva, Emmanuel Adebayor, Theo Walcott

Derby County line-up (4-4-2)

Stephen Bywater, Dean Leacock, Andy Griffin, Claude Davis, Tyrone Mears, Matt Oakley, Edward Lewis, Stephen Pearson, Steve Howard, Kenny Miller, Gary Teale