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Matches/Premier League/Regular Season - 16
Premier League 2011/12Match Finished

Manchester City vs Arsenal

18 Dec 2011 · 16:10 GMT · Regular Season - 16

Manchester City

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1:0HT 0–0

Arsenal

AWAY
⚽ David Silva 53′
Etihad Stadium (Manchester)Referee: Not suppliedRecorded clock 90′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Manchester City win 1–0

Match Finished in the regular season - 16 of the Premier League. 1 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES1 – 0
HALF-TIME0 – 0
MATCH COVERAGE

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LineupsAvailable
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

Manchester CityArsenal

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Manchester City

Formation not supplied

Coach Not supplied

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 25
    Charles HartProfile: Goalkeeper · 24 at kick-off
  2. 28
    Kolo TouréProfile: Defender · 30 at kick-off
  3. 4
    Vincent Mpoy KompanyProfile: Defender · 25 at kick-off
  4. 2
    Micah RichardsProfile: Defender · 23 at kick-off
  5. 5
    Pablo Zabaleta GirodProfile: Defender · 26 at kick-off
  6. 19
    Samir NasriProfile: Midfielder · 24 at kick-off
    Off 86′
  7. 18
    Gareth BarryProfile: Midfielder · 30 at kick-off
  8. 21
    David SilvaProfile: Midfielder · 25 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 53′
  9. 42
    Yaya TouréProfile: Midfielder · 28 at kick-off
    Off 85′
  10. 16
    Sergio Agüero del CastilloProfile: Attacker · 23 at kick-off
  11. 45
    Mario Barwuah BalotelliProfile: Attacker · 21 at kick-off
    Off 72′

Substitutes7

  1. 7
    James MilnerProfile: Midfielder · 25 at kick-off
    On 72′
  2. 34
    Nigel de JongProfile: Midfielder · 27 at kick-off
    On 85′
  3. 10
    Edin DžekoProfile: Forward · 25 at kick-off
    On 86′
  4. 6
    Joleon LescottProfile: Defender · 29 at kick-off
  5. 11
    Adam JohnsonProfile: Midfielder · 24 at kick-off
  6. 15
    Stefan SavićProfile: Defender · 20 at kick-off
  7. 30
    Costel PantilimonProfile: Goalkeeper · 24 at kick-off

Arsenal

Formation not supplied

Coach Not supplied

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 13
    Wojciech SzczęsnyProfile: Goalkeeper · 21 at kick-off
  2. 4
    Per MertesackerProfile: Defender · 27 at kick-off
    Off 83′
  3. 20
    Johan Djourou-GbadjereProfile: Defender · 24 at kick-off
    Off 47′
  4. 5
    Thomas VermaelenProfile: Defender · 26 at kick-off
  5. 6
    Laurent KoscielnyProfile: Defender · 26 at kick-off
  6. 8
    Mikel Arteta AmatriainProfile: Midfielder · 29 at kick-off
  7. 17
    Alexandre Song-BillongProfile: Midfielder · 24 at kick-off
  8. 16
    Aaron RamseyProfile: Midfielder · 20 at kick-off
  9. 10
    Robin van PersieProfile: Attacker · 28 at kick-off
  10. 14
    Theo WalcottProfile: Attacker · 22 at kick-off
    Off 70′
  11. 27
    Gervais KouassiProfile: Attacker · 24 at kick-off

Substitutes7

  1. 49
    Ignasi MiquelProfile: Defender · 19 at kick-off
    On 47′
  2. 23
    Andrey ArshavinProfile: Attacker · 30 at kick-off
    On 70′
  3. 29
    Marouane ChamakhProfile: Attacker · 27 at kick-off
    On 83′
  4. 1
    Manuel Almunia RiveroProfile: Goalkeeper · 34 at kick-off
  5. 7
    Tomáš RosickýProfile: Midfielder · 31 at kick-off
  6. 26
    Emmanuel FrimpongProfile: Midfielder · 19 at kick-off
  7. 30
    Yossi BenayounProfile: Midfielder · 31 at kick-off
04
FOLLOW THE MATCH

Events & commentary

Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

  1. SubstitutionArsenal

    Off Johan Djourou-Gbadjere On Ignasi Miquel

  2. Normal GoalManchester City

    David Silva · Assist: Sergio Agüero del Castillo

  3. SubstitutionArsenal

    Off Theo Walcott On Andrey Arshavin

  4. SubstitutionManchester City

    Off Mario Barwuah Balotelli On James Milner

  5. SubstitutionArsenal

    Off Per Mertesacker On Marouane Chamakh

  6. SubstitutionManchester City

    Off Yaya Touré On Nigel de Jong

  7. SubstitutionManchester City

    Off Samir Nasri On Edin Džeko

05
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Player performance

No individual performance data supplied

Ratings, minutes, shots, passes, tackles, duels and goalkeeper saves need a detailed player feed. Explore profiles and recorded involvement through the lineups above.

06
THE BIGGER PICTURE

Recent form & meetings

Previous matches in this 2011/12 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

Manchester City

LChelsea vs Manchester City12 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 152 – 1WManchester City vs Norwich3 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 145 – 1DLiverpool vs Manchester City27 Nov 2011 · Regular Season - 131 – 1WManchester City vs Newcastle19 Nov 2011 · Regular Season - 123 – 1WQPR vs Manchester City5 Nov 2011 · Regular Season - 112 – 3

Arsenal

WArsenal vs Everton10 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 151 – 0WWigan vs Arsenal3 Dec 2011 · Regular Season - 140 – 4DArsenal vs Fulham26 Nov 2011 · Regular Season - 131 – 1WNorwich vs Arsenal19 Nov 2011 · Regular Season - 121 – 2WArsenal vs West Brom5 Nov 2011 · Regular Season - 113 – 0
Previous meetings Within this cup import

No earlier meetings between these teams in the imported records.

Source & coverage
API-Football · Retrieved 19 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.

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