Arsenal 2-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 April 2009

Result

Arsenal 2-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 4 April 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 2-0 Manchester City: match report

Arsenal won against Manchester City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 April 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Emmanuel Adebayor (8') and Emmanuel Adebayor (49'). Manchester City did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 55 points from 30 and Manchester City 10th on 38 points from 30. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Manchester City 10th with 50.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · Richard DunneManchester City
  • 36'Yellow card · Kolo TouréArsenal
  • 45'Yellow card · Nigel de JongManchester City
  • 45'Yellow card · Pablo ZabaletaManchester City
  • 49'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 7, draws 1, Manchester City 2.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Cesc Fàbregas, Denílson, Alex Song, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Emmanuel Adebayor

Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Ball, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Darius Vassell, Vedran Ćorluka