Arsenal 3-0 Sparta Praha: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 2 November 2005

Result

Arsenal 3-0 Sparta Praha

Champions League · Wednesday 2 November 2005, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 3-0 Sparta Praha: match report

Arsenal defeated Sparta Praha 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 2 November 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Thierry Henry opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Thierry Henry (23'), Robin van Persie (82') and Robin van Persie (86'). Sparta Praha did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Sparta Praha received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 13th on 9 points from 3 and Sparta Praha 64th on 1 point from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 0 for Sparta Praha.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 1-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Martin PetrásSparta Praha
  • 82'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 2-0
  • 86'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 3-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 0, Sparta Praha 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up

Almunia, Laurén, Gaël Clichy, Kolo Touré, Robert Pirès, José Antonio Reyes, Mathieu Flamini, Gilberto Silva, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry, Sulzeer Campbell

Sparta Praha line-up

Jaromír Blazek, Pavel Pergl, Adam Petrous, Petr Lukas, Martin Petrás, Zdeněk Pospěch, Michal Kadlec, Lukáš Zelenka, Tomas Polacek, Miroslav Matusovic, Martin Hašek