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Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal - December 18, 2011 / Premier League 2011/2012

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Premier League 2011/2012 - Round 16

City of Manchester Stadium - Manchester - England

December 18, 2011

47 303

Manchester City

1 - 0

Arsenal

Assist by Sergio Agüero (right foot) David Silva

53'

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11' - Yellow card Alexandre Song

39' - Yellow card Gareth Barry39

44' - Yellow card Laurent Koscielny

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47' - Substitution Johan Djourouis substituted by Ignasi Miquel

53' - Goal David Silva53

69' - Substitution Theo Walcottis substituted by Andrey Arshavin

72' - Substitution Mario Balotelliis substituted by James Milner photo Sergio Agüero

72' - Yellow card Sergio Agüero72

74' - Yellow card Mikel Arteta

82' - Substitution Per Mertesackeris substituted by Marouane Chamakh

85' - Substitution Yaya Touréis substituted by Edin Dzeko photo Nigel de Jong

85' - Substitution Samir Nasriis substituted by Nigel de Jong85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

1 - 0

Arsenal

Manchester City Arsenal

Team line-ups

Manchester City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

45Balotelli72

Mario Balotelli

Italy

B.date12/08/1990

Age21 years

H1m89

positionStriker

16Agüero72

Sergio Agüero

Argentina

B.date02/06/1988

Age23 years

H1m72

positionStriker

19Nasri85

Samir Nasri

France

B.date26/06/1987

Age24 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

21Silva53

David Silva

Spain

B.date08/01/1986

Age25 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

18Barry39

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age30 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

42Yaya Touré85

Yaya Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date13/05/1983

Age28 years

H1m87

positionBox-to-box midfielder

5Zabaleta

Pablo Zabaleta

Argentina

B.date16/01/1985

Age26 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

4Kompany

Vincent Kompany

Belgium

B.date10/04/1986

Age25 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

28Kolo Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2Richards

Micah Richards

England

B.date24/06/1988

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

25Hart

Joe Hart

England

B.date19/04/1987

Age24 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Joe Hart		24	144	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kolo Touré		30	74	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Vincent Kompany		25	149	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Pablo Zabaleta		26	135	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Micah Richards		23	205	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	M	Yaya Touré	85	28	73	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Gareth Barry	39	30	109	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Samir Nasri	85	24	19	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	David Silva	53	25	76	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	F	Mario Balotelli	72	21	45	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Sergio Agüero	72	23	22	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10van Persie

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

27Gervinho

Gervinho

Ivory Coast

B.date27/05/1987

Age24 years

H1m79

positionLeft Winger

14Walcott69

Theo Walcott

England

B.date16/03/1989

Age22 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

16Ramsey

Aaron Ramsey

Wales

B.date26/12/1990

Age20 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

17Song11

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age24 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

8Arteta74

Mikel Arteta

Spain

B.date26/03/1982

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

5Vermaelen

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

4Mertesacker82

Per Mertesacker

Germany

B.date29/09/1984

Age27 years

H1m98

positionRight central defender

6Koscielny44

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

20Djourou47

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age24 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

13Szczesny

Wojciech Szczesny

Poland

B.date18/04/1990

Age21 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Wojciech Szczesny		21	48	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Per Mertesacker	82	27	17	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Johan Djourou	47	24	131	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Thomas Vermaelen		26	66	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Laurent Koscielny	44	26	61	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alexandre Song	11	24	177	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Aaron Ramsey		20	80	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mikel Arteta	74	29	18	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Theo Walcott	69	22	196	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Robin van Persie		28	252	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Gervinho		24	20	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
30	G	Costel Pantilimon		24
15	D	Stefan Savic		20
6	D	Joleon Lescott		29
34	M	Nigel de Jong	85	27	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	James Milner	72	25	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Adam Johnson		24
10	F	Edin Dzeko	85	25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Manuel Almunia		34
49	D	Ignasi Miquel	47	19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Andrey Arshavin	69	30	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Yossi Benayoun		31
26	M	Emmanuel Frimpong		19
7	M	Tomas Rosicky		31
29	F	Marouane Chamakh	82	27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Samir Nasri

James Milner

OUT

Kolo Touré

Joleon Lescott

OUT

Micah Richards

Gaël Clichy

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Roberto Mancini

112

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Mancini vs Arsenal

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 18, 2011

Mancini vs Wenger

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 18, 2011

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

874

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Manchester City

15 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 2011

Wenger vs Mancini

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 2011

Referee

Philip Dowd

18 victories	7 draws	14 losses	Manchester City39 matches	General total	Arsenal31 matches	15 victories	11 draws	5 losses
3 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Manchester City4 matches	Season total	Arsenal3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 24, 2015					Latest figure on November 09, 2014

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Key figures

End of streak for Arsenal after 3 consecutive wins away from home in Premier League (since 29/10/2011). It was the best streak for the club since 24/10/2010-27/11/2010 (4 matches).

End of streak for Arsenal after 13 matches with at least one goal scored in Premier League (since 28/08/2011). It was the best streak for the club since 12/08/2007-22/12/2007 (18 matches).

Manchester City keeps its 3 matches without conceding any goal vs Arsenal at home running (since 10/09/1921). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester City 4-1 Aston Villa15/10/2011

VManchester City 2-1 Villarreal18/10/2011

VManchester City 3-1 Wolverhampton29/10/2011

VManchester City 3-1 Newcastle United19/11/2011

VManchester City 5-1 Norwich City03/12/2011

VManchester City 2-0 Bayern Munich07/12/2011

Overall

LNapoli 2-1 Manchester City22/11/2011

DLiverpool 1-1 Manchester City27/11/2011

VArsenal 0-1 Manchester City29/11/2011

VManchester City 5-1 Norwich City03/12/2011

VManchester City 2-0 Bayern Munich07/12/2011

LChelsea 2-1 Manchester City12/12/2011

Current form

Away

LTottenham 2-1 Arsenal02/10/2011

VMarseille 0-1 Arsenal19/10/2011

VChelsea 3-5 Arsenal29/10/2011

VNorwich City 1-2 Arsenal19/11/2011

VWigan 0-4 Arsenal03/12/2011

LOlympiacos 3-1 Arsenal06/12/2011

Overall

VArsenal 2-1 Borussia Dortmund23/11/2011

DArsenal 1-1 Fulham26/11/2011

LArsenal 0-1 Manchester City29/11/2011

VWigan 0-4 Arsenal03/12/2011

LOlympiacos 3-1 Arsenal06/12/2011

VArsenal 1-0 Everton10/12/2011

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	27	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	4
Scoring streak	30	15
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	7	4
Scoring streak	10	3
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	6
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	15
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
12	Victories (Competition total)	9
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

49	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
3.27	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.07
3.43	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.43
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.53
0.57	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.57

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
3-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (1 times)

Bookings

21	Yellow cards (Competition total)	26
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	15
3	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Sergio Agüero	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Robin van Persie
Sergio Agüero	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Robin van Persie
Sergio Agüero	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Sergio Agüero	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
David Silva	10 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Alexandre Song
David Silva	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Alexandre Song
Sergio Agüero	11 goals, 5 assists during the last 15 matches	The fittest player	15 goals, 1 assist during the last 13 matches	Robin van Persie

Historical head to head

Home

89 matches

31 v

21 d

37 l

123 gf

128 ga

Away

88 matches

14 v

19 d

55 l

75 gf

165 ga

Total

177 matches

45 v

40 d

92 l

198 gf

293 ga

Historical head to head

Home

88 matches

55 v

19 d

14 l

165 gf

75 ga

Away

89 matches

37 v

21 d

31 l

128 gf

123 ga

Total

177 matches

92 v

40 d

45 l

293 gf

198 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 02, 1912
Home	4 - 0	January 18, 1908

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	October 28, 2000
Away	5 - 1	February 22, 2003

Latest head to head

November 29, 2011 - League Cup 2011/2012

Arsenal

0 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

January 05, 2011 - Premier League 2010/2011

Arsenal

0 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

October 24, 2010 - Premier League 2010/2011

Manchester City

0 - 3

Arsenal

April 24, 2010 - Premier League 2009/2010

Arsenal

0 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

December 02, 2009 - League Cup 2009/2010

Manchester City

3 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Francis Lee	4 goals	1968 - 1973
Dennis Tueart	4 goals	1974 - 1980
Nicolas Anelka	3 goals	2002 - 2004
David White	3 goals	1990 - 1991
Joe Hayes	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Shaun Wright-Phillips	3 goals	2005 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

John Radford	10 goals	1967 - 1974
Freddie Ljungberg	5 goals	2001 - 2006
Thierry Henry	5 goals	2000 - 2004
Emmanuel Adebayor	4 goals	2008 - 2009
Alan Smith	4 goals	1991 - 1994
Sylvain Wiltord	4 goals	2000 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Joe Corrigan	21 matches	1969 - 1982
Alan Oakes	21 matches	1960 - 1975
Colin Bell	21 matches	1966 - 1978
Michael Doyle	19 matches	1967 - 1977
Paul Power	18 matches	1975 - 1986
Tommy Booth	16 matches	1968 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

David O'Leary	25 matches	1975 - 1991
Pat Rice	20 matches	1970 - 1979
Peter Simpson	18 matches	1967 - 1977
George Armstrong	18 matches	1962 - 1976
Sammy Nelson	18 matches	1971 - 1980
Peter Storey	17 matches	1967 - 1974