Arsenal 3-0 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2011

Result

Arsenal 3-0 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Arsenal 3-0 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Arsenal defeated West Bromwich Albion 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 November 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robin van Persie (22'), Thomas Vermaelen (39') and Mikel Arteta (74'). West Bromwich Albion did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 7th on 16 points from 10 and West Bromwich Albion 13th on 11 points from 10. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 47.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 2 for West Bromwich Albion.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W-L-W and West Bromwich Albion's L-W-W-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Thomas VermaelenArsenal · 2-0
  • 74'Goal · Mikel ArtetaArsenal · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 6, draws 2, West Bromwich Albion 2.

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

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-4-2)

Ben Foster, Jonas Olsson, Steven Reid, Billy Jones, James Morrison, Chris Brunt, Jerome Thomas, Graham Dorrans, Simon Cox, Zoltán Gera, Gareth McAuley