Arsenal 2-0 Olympiacos F.C.: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 29 September 2009
Result
Arsenal 2-0 Olympiacos F.C.
Champions League · Tuesday 29 September 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 2-0 Olympiacos F.C.: match report
Arsenal won against Olympiacos F.C. 2-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 29 September 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 78th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robin van Persie (78') and Andrey Arshavin (86'). Olympiacos F.C. did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Olympiacos F.C. received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 9th on 9 points from 3 and Olympiacos F.C. 2nd on 15 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Olympiacos F.C. in a 4-5-1.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W and Olympiacos F.C.'s W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 52'Yellow card · Robin van Persie
- 52'Yellow card · Michal Zewlakow
- 66'Yellow card · Dudu Cearense
- 78'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 80'Yellow card · Vasilīs Torosidīs
- 86'Goal · Andrey Arshavin
- 89'Yellow card · Raúl Bravo
- 90'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-1-4-1)
Vito Mannone, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen
Olympiacos F.C. line-up (4-5-1)
Michal Zewlakow, Raul Bravo, Leonardo, VasilīsTorosidīs, Jaouad Zairi, Alexandro Silva de Sousa, Diogo, Olof Mellberg, Avraam Papadopoulos, Cristian Ledesma, Antonis Nikopolidis