Arsenal 1-0 Queens Park Rangers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2011
Result
Arsenal 1-0 Queens Park Rangers
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 1-0 Queens Park Rangers: match report
Arsenal beat Queens Park Rangers 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Robin van Persie of Arsenal in the 60th minute.
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Queens Park Rangers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 33 points from 18 and Queens Park Rangers 16th on 17 points from 18. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Queens Park Rangers 17th with 37.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Queens Park Rangers in a 4-4-1-1.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Queens Park Rangers's D-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Joey Barton
- 37'Yellow card · Thomas Vermaelen
- 40'Yellow card · Johan Djourou
- 54'Yellow card · Luke Young
- 60'Goal · Robin van Persie
Team news
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Arsenal expected line-up (4-3-3)
Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Alex Song, Aaron Ramsey, Samir Nasri, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen, J. Wilshere
Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-4-1-1)
Radek Cerný, Danny Gabbidon, Armand Traore, Matthew Connolly, Luke Young, Adel Taarabt, Alejandro Faurlin, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jamie Mackie, Jay Bothroyd, Joey Barton