Arsenal 2-2 FC Barcelona: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 31 March 2010

Result

Arsenal 2-2 FC Barcelona

Champions League · Wednesday 31 March 2010, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 2-2 FC Barcelona: match report

Arsenal drew with FC Barcelona 2-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 31 March 2010. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Zlatan Ibrahimović opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Arsenal's goals came from T. Walcott (69') and Cesc Fàbregas (85', penalty). FC Barcelona scored through Zlatan Ibrahimović (46') and Zlatan Ibrahimović (59').

Discipline: Arsenal received 5 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 22 points from 10 and FC Barcelona 9th on 15 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 1 for FC Barcelona.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Andrey ArshavinArsenal
  • 40'Yellow card · A. SongArsenal
  • 44'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasArsenal
  • 46'Goal · Zlatan IbrahimovićFC Barcelona · 0-1
  • 59'Goal · Zlatan IbrahimovićFC Barcelona · 0-2
  • 69'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 1-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Eric GuéritFC Barcelona
  • 74'Yellow card · Emmanuel EbouéArsenal
  • 79'Yellow card · Abou DiabyArsenal
  • 84'Red card · PuyolFC Barcelona
  • 85'Penalty goal · Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 2-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Arsenal 0, draws 0, FC Barcelona 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Alex Song, Andrey Arshavin, Nicklas Bendtner, Thomas Vermaelen

FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)

Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen