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Arsenal 2-2 FC Barcelone - March 31, 2010 / Ligue des Champions 2009/2010

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Ligue des Champions 2009/2010 - 1/4 de finale

Emirates Stadium - Londres - England

March 31, 2010

Arsenal

England

2 - 2

FC Barcelone

Spain

Assist by Nicklas Bendtner (right foot) Theo Walcott

69'

(penalty) Cesc Fàbregas

85'

46'

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (right foot) Assist by Gerard Piqué

59'

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (right foot) Assist by Xavi

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27' - Substitution Andrey Arshavinis substituted by Emmanuel Eboué27

44' - Substitution William Gallasis substituted by Denilson44

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46' - Goal Zlatan Ibrahimovic

59' - Goal Zlatan Ibrahimovic

66' - Substitution Bacary Sagnais substituted by Theo Walcott66

69' - Goal Theo Walcott69

77' - Substitution Zlatan Ibrahimovicis substituted by Thierry Henry

84' - Red card Carles Puyol

85' - Goal Cesc Fàbregas85

87' - Substitution Lionel Messiis substituted by Gabriel Milito

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 2

FC Barcelone

Arsenal FC Barcelone

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Bendtner

Nicklas Bendtner

Denmark

B.date16/01/1988

Age22 years

H1m93

positionStriker

Arshavin27

Andrey Arshavin

Russia

B.date29/05/1981

Age28 years

H1m72

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Nasri

Samir Nasri

France

B.date26/06/1987

Age22 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

Diaby

Abou Diaby

France

B.date11/05/1986

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

Fàbregas85

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

Song

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age22 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Clichy

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Vermaelen

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Gallas44

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age32 years

H1m81

positionRight central defender

Sagna66

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age27 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Almunia

Manuel Almunia

Spain

B.date19/05/1977

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Manuel Almunia		32	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Gallas	44	32	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Vermaelen		24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bacary Sagna	66	27	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaël Clichy		24	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexandre Song		22	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Cesc Fàbregas	85	22	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Abou Diaby		23	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrey Arshavin	27	28	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Samir Nasri		22	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicklas Bendtner		22	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

131

FC Barcelone

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Ibrahimovic594677

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Sweden

B.date03/10/1981

Age28 years

H1m95

positionStriker

10Messi87

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age22 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

15Keita

Seydou Keita

Mali

B.date16/01/1980

Age30 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

17Pedro

Pedro

Spain

B.date28/07/1987

Age22 years

H1m69

positionLeft Winger

6Xavi

Xavi

Spain

B.date25/01/1980

Age30 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

16Busquets

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age21 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

19Maxwell

Maxwell

Brazil

B.date27/08/1981

Age28 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

5Puyol84

Carles Puyol

Spain

B.date13/04/1978

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

3Piqué

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age23 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

2Alves

Dani Alves

Brazil

B.date06/05/1983

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1Valdés

Víctor Valdés

Spain

B.date14/01/1982

Age28 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Víctor Valdés		28	350	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Carles Puyol	84	31	479	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Gerard Piqué		23	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Dani Alves		26	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Maxwell		28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Sergio Busquets		21	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Seydou Keita		30	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Xavi		30	516	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	594677	28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Lionel Messi	87	22	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Pedro		22	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

182

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Emmanuel Eboué	27	26	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Denilson	44	22	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Theo Walcott	6966	21	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
18	D		Gabriel Milito	87	29	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F		Thierry Henry	77	32	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

William Gallas

Sol Campbell

OUT

Andrey Arshavin

Tomas Rosicky

OUT

Samir Nasri

Theo Walcott

OUT

Thomas Vermaelen

Denilson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gerard Piqué

Gabriel Milito

OUT

Xavi

Andrés Iniesta

OUT

Sergio Busquets

Yaya Touré

OUT

Lionel Messi

Jeffrén

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

782

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs FC Barcelone

0 victory

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 2010

Wenger vs Guardiola

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2010

Manager

Age

Match num

Josep Guardiola

109

Success rate in this team:

71 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

71 %

Guardiola vs Arsenal

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2010

Guardiola vs Wenger

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2010

Referee

Massimo Busacca

1 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Arsenal4 matches	General total	FC Barcelone8 matches	6 victories	2 draws	0 loss
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Arsenal2 matches	Season total	FC Barcelone2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 08, 2011					Latest figure on March 08, 2011

Videos

May 01, 2010

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores at least 2 goals during the same game in Ligue des Champions with FC Barcelone

Josep Guardiola has registered 50 goal(s) in Ligue des Champions since the 08/06/2008 as the manager of FC Barcelone next after this match..

The last time FC Barcelone has conceded at least 2 goals away from home in Ligue des Champions, It was on the 26/11/2008 (vs )

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LArsenal 1-3 Manchester United31/01/2010

VArsenal 1-0 Liverpool10/02/2010

VArsenal 2-0 Sunderland20/02/2010

VArsenal 3-1 Burnley06/03/2010

VArsenal 5-0 FC Porto09/03/2010

VArsenal 2-0 West Ham20/03/2010

Overall

VStoke City 1-3 Arsenal27/02/2010

VArsenal 3-1 Burnley06/03/2010

VArsenal 5-0 FC Porto09/03/2010

VHull City 1-2 Arsenal13/03/2010

VArsenal 2-0 West Ham20/03/2010

DBirmingham City 1-1 Arsenal27/03/2010

Current form

Away

VSporting Gijón 0-1 FC Barcelone30/01/2010

LAtlético Madrid 2-1 FC Barcelone14/02/2010

DStuttgart 1-1 FC Barcelone23/02/2010

DAlmería 2-2 FC Barcelone06/03/2010

VReal Zaragoza 2-4 FC Barcelone21/03/2010

VMallorca 0-1 FC Barcelone27/03/2010

Overall

DAlmería 2-2 FC Barcelone06/03/2010

VFC Barcelone 3-0 Valencia CF14/03/2010

VFC Barcelone 4-0 Stuttgart17/03/2010

VReal Zaragoza 2-4 FC Barcelone21/03/2010

VFC Barcelone 2-0 Osasuna24/03/2010

VMallorca 0-1 FC Barcelone27/03/2010

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	7
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	7	0
Scoring streak	11	9
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	4	9
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	13	29
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	8
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
7	Victories (Competition total)	4
5	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	3
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

23	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
2.3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
3.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.75
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

13	Yellow cards (Competition total)	12
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	8
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Nicklas Bendtner	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Lionel Messi
Samir Nasri	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Xavi
Eduardo	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Eduardo	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Andrey Arshavin	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Dani Alves
Andrey Arshavin	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Éric Abidal
Nicklas Bendtner	3 goals during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Lionel Messi

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

4 gf

7 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

7 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 2	October 19, 1999
Away	4 - 2	October 19, 1999

Latest head to head

May 17, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

FC Barcelone

2 - 1

Arsenal

October 19, 1999 - Ligue des Champions 1999/2000

Arsenal

2 - 4

FC Barcelone logo FC Barcelone

September 29, 1999 - Ligue des Champions 1999/2000

FC Barcelone

1 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelone

Nwankwo Kanu	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Marc Overmars	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Sol Campbell	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Dennis Bergkamp	1 goal	1999 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Luis Enrique	2 goals	1999 - 1999
Luis Figo	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Samuel Eto'o	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Philip Cocu	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Rivaldo	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Belletti	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelone

Freddie Ljungberg	3 matches	1999 - 2006
Thierry Henry	3 matches	1999 - 2006
Tony Adams	2 matches	1999 - 1999
Ray Parlour	2 matches	1999 - 1999
Davor Suker	2 matches	1999 - 1999
Martin Keown	2 matches	1999 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Michael Reiziger	2 matches	1999 - 1999
Sergi	2 matches	1999 - 1999
Philip Cocu	2 matches	1999 - 1999
Winston Bogarde	2 matches	1999 - 1999
Luis Enrique	2 matches	1999 - 1999
Josep Guardiola	2 matches	1999 - 1999