Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 8 April 2012

Result

Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 8 April 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City: match report

Arsenal beat Manchester City 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 8 April 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Mikel Arteta of Arsenal in the 87th minute.

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 58 points from 31 and Manchester City 2nd on 71 points from 31. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Manchester City 1st with 89.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-5-1 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 3 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Yaya TouréManchester City
  • 38'Yellow card · Mario BalotelliManchester City
  • 56'Yellow card · James MilnerManchester City
  • 60'Yellow card · André SantosArsenal
  • 68'Yellow card · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal
  • 87'Goal · Mikel ArtetaArsenal · 1-0
  • 90'Second yellow · Mario BalotelliManchester City
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Pablo ZabaletaManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 2, Manchester City 3.

Team news

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Arsenal expected line-up (4-5-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Johan Djourou, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Samir Nasri, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Stefan Savić, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Gaël Clichy, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Samir Nasri