Norwich City 0-5 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2021

Result

Norwich City 0-5 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Norwich City 0-5 Arsenal: match report

Norwich City were beaten by Arsenal 0-5 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Bukayo Saka opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Norwich City did not score. Arsenal scored through Bukayo Saka (6'), Kieran Tierney (44'), Bukayo Saka (67'), Alexandre Lacazette (84', penalty) and Emile Smith Rowe (90+1').

Discipline: Norwich City received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 20th on 10 points from 17 and Arsenal 4th on 32 points from 18. Norwich City went on to finish that season 20th with 22 points, and Arsenal 5th with 69.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bukayo Saka of Arsenal (9.0), ahead of Martin Ødegaard (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Norwich City win, 3 draws and 6 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Bukayo SakaArsenal · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Granit XhakaArsenal
  • 41'Yellow card · Przemyslaw PlachetaNorwich City
  • 44'Goal · Kieran TierneyArsenal · 0-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Thomas ParteyArsenal
  • 67'Goal · Bukayo SakaArsenal · 0-3
  • 84'Penalty goal · Alexandre LacazetteArsenal · 0-4
  • 90+1'Goal · Emile Smith RoweArsenal · 0-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Norwich City 1, draws 3, Arsenal 6.

Team news

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Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Angus Gunn, Max Aarons, Ozan Kabak, Ben Gibson, Brandon Williams, Billy Gilmour, Kenny McLean, Josh Sargent, Kieran Dowell, Przemyslaw Placheta, Teemu Pukki

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

Aaron Ramsdale, Ben White, Rob Holding, Gabriel, Kieran Tierney, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Alexandre Lacazette