Blackpool 1-3 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 10 April 2011
Result
Blackpool 1-3 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 10 April 2011, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Blackpool 1-3 Arsenal: match report
Blackpool were beaten by Arsenal 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 10 April 2011. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Abou Diaby opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Blackpool's goal came from Gary Taylor-Fletcher (52'). Arsenal scored through Abou Diaby (18'), Emmanuel Eboué (21') and Robin van Persie (76').
Discipline: Blackpool received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackpool were 17th on 33 points from 31 and Arsenal 2nd on 59 points from 30. Blackpool went on to finish that season 19th with 39 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.
Blackpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackpool wins, 0 draws and 1 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Blackpool's last five read L-D-L-L-W and Arsenal's D-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Abou Diaby
- 21'Goal · Emmanuel Eboué
- 45'Yellow card · Abou Diaby
- 52'Yellow card · J. Wilshere
- 52'Goal · Gary Taylor-Fletcher
- 64'Yellow card · Keith Southern
- 69'Yellow card · Stephen Crainey
- 76'Goal · Robin van Persie
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)
Richard Kingson, Stephen Crainey, Alex Baptiste, Craig Cathcart, Keith Southern, Jason Puncheon, Luke Varney, Dudley Campbell, Ian Ross Evatt, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Charlie Adam
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Jens Lehmann, Laurent Koscielny, Sébastien Squillaci, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, J. Wilshere, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin