Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 September 2012

Result

Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 23 September 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal: match report

Manchester City drew with Arsenal 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 September 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Joleon Lescott opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Manchester City's goal came from Joleon Lescott (40'). Arsenal scored through Laurent Koscielny (82').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 7th on 8 points from 4 and Arsenal 6th on 8 points from 4. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Arsenal 4th with 73.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Arsenal.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-W-D-W and Arsenal's W-W-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · Joleon LescottManchester City · 1-0
  • 82'Goal · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal · 1-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Javi GarcíaManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 3, draws 2, Arsenal 5.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Stefan Savić, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Gaël Clichy, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Samir Nasri

Arsenal expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, C. Jenkinson, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen