By Opta Analyst | Created at 2025-01-15 22:17:04 | Updated at 2025-01-16 00:56:40
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They had to come from behind, but Arsenal were victorious in Wednesday’s north London derby. Re-live the action with the best facts and Opta data in our Arsenal vs Tottenham stats page.
Arsenal bounced back from a disappointing week by extending their lengthy unbeaten run at home in the north London derby with a 2-1 win in the Premier League on Wednesday.
The Gunners were beaten at home by Newcastle in their EFL Cup semi-final first leg eight days earlier before being knocked out of the FA Cup on penalties by Manchester United at the weekend.
But Spurs fulfilled their usual role of proverbial lambs to the slaughter at the Emirates Stadium, where they’ve not won in the Premier League since 2010.
It certainly wasn’t all plain sailing for Mikel Arteta’s men, however.
Tottenham actually took the lead in the 25th minute through Son Heung-min, who’s controlled effort took a slight deflection on its way into the bottom-right corner.
That was his ninth north London derby goal in all competitions, a haul bettered by only three players in the history of the fixture.
Arsenal weren’t trailing for long, though.
Gabriel Magalhães typically caused havoc at a corner in the 40th minute, knocking the ball back across goal from the back post, and Dominic Solanke nudged it into his own net.
It took Arsenal to 10 goals from corners in the Premier League this season including own goals, four more than any other side in the top flight.
The hosts then managed to get another to put themselves in front at the break, Leandro Trossard firing left-footed across goal into the bottom-right corner from the edge of the box.
Arsenal hadn’t lost any of their previous 55 league games in which they’d been ahead at half-time, so the signs were positive.
Tottenham’s attempts to get themselves back on level terms amounted to little in the second half, as they failed to get another shot on target after Son’s goal.
They did go close at the death when Pedro Porro’s cross struck the near post, but Arsenal were good value for a win that saw them close Liverpool’s lead at the top of the table to four points – albeit the Reds have a game in hand.
Tottenham sit 13th in the table and could yet drop down to 14th if Manchester United beat Southampton on Thursday.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Arsenal vs Tottenham stats from their Premier League north London derby at the Emirates Stadium.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Arsenal vs Tottenham: Post-Match Facts
- Martin Ødegaard has created 14 chances across his last two appearances for Arsenal (10 v Manchester United and 4 v Tottenham), as many as all of his teammates combined over those two matches (14).
- Dominic Solanke’s own goal was the sixth that Tottenham have scored against Arsenal in the Premier League, with this the third successive season in which they’ve put through their own net against the Gunners (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25). Only Liverpool (7 v Spurs) have ever scored more own goals against an opponent in the competition.
- Arsenal have scored 26 goals from corners in the Premier League since the start of last season; the most of any team. Four of those have been netted against Tottenham, which is also the most corner goals a team have scored against a specific opponent in this period.
- Tottenham have lost 11 games in the Premier League this season, their joint-most at this stage of a single campaign in the competition (also 11 in 1997-98, 2003-04 and 2008-09). The only sides who’ve lost more this term are the three teams currently in the relegation zone (Wolves, Leicester, Southampton).
- Arsenal have done the Premier League double over Tottenham for a fifth time (twice under Mikel Arteta and three times under Arsène Wenger). Indeed, they’ve now achieved the double four more times than their rivals Spurs in the competition, who’ve only ever done so in the inaugural Premier League season in 1992-93.
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