Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur (2024-25)

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Arsenal v Tottenham (2024–25)

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HT:2–1 Report
Event	Premier League 2024-25
Date	Wednesday 15 January 2025
Venue	Emirates Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Myles Lewis-Skelly
Referee	Simon Hooper
Attendance	60,287
Weather	9 °C (48 °F)
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Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur was a match which took place at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday 15 January 2025.

Match facts

Arsenal

• Arsenal have won six of their last eight Premier League games against Spurs (D1 L1) and are looking to win three consecutive league games against them for the first time since January 1989 (a run of five).
• Following their 1-0 win in September, Arsenal are looking to complete the Premier League double over Tottenham for the fifth time. Only in 2013-14 have they done so without conceding in the competition.
• Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 12 Premier League home games (W9 D3), and are the only side without a home loss so far this season (W6 D3). They’ve kept a clean sheet in each of their last four home league games, last recording five consecutive shutouts at the Emirates between December 2013 and February 2014.
• Arsenal have conceded a league-high 28% of their Premier League goals in the opening 15 minutes of games this season (5/18). Meanwhile, Tottenham have scored more goals in this time period than any other side (11).
• Each of Kai Havertz’s last 11 Premier League goals have been scored in London. The last Arsenal player to have a longer such run was Lukas Podolski (12 between December 2012 and April 2014).

Tottenham Hotspur

• Tottenham have won just one of their last 31 Premier League away games against Arsenal (D12 L18) and are winless in 13 since a 3-2 victory in November 2010.
• Tottenham have conceded at least once in each of their last 25 Premier League away games against Arsenal, since a 0-0 draw in 1998-99. In their league history, only at Bolton have they had a longer run without an away clean sheet (35 between 1923 and 2012).
• Tottenham have won just one of their last eight Premier League matches (D2 L5), with that victory coming at bottom side Southampton. Indeed, since the start of this run only Leicester (4) and Southampton (1) have earned fewer points in the Premier League than Spurs (5).
• As a team, Tottenham have applied more pressures in the final third than any other side in the Premier League this season (1,321). Striker Dominic Solanke leads the way for this among players, with his 386 over 100 more than the next highest (Erling Haaland, 275).
• No player has provided more assists following a ball carry in the Premier League this season than Tottenham captain Son Heung-min (5). His next assist will make him the outright assist leader for Spurs in the Premier League (currently 68, level with Darren Anderton).

Match Report

Arsenal moved to within four points of Premier League leaders Liverpool with victory over Tottenham in the north London derby at Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners, who have played a game more than Liverpool, were desperate to return to winning ways after losing at home to Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg and then going out to Manchester United on penalties in the FA Cup third round.

Arsenal suffered another setback when, totally against the run of play, Son Heung-min's shot was deflected off William Saliba past keeper David Raya after 25 minutes.

The response came from a familiar route, Gabriel rising to meet Declan Rice's corner at the far post five minutes before the interval after Spurs keeper Antonin Kinsky failed to collect, the last touch coming off Dominic Solanke for an own goal.

Arsenal were ahead four minutes later when Leandro Trossard's bobbling low shot beat Kinsky, who should have done much better.

Mikel Arteta's side dominated the second half, but once again lacked the cutting edge to completely put the game to bed.

And although they closed out the win to keep themselves firmly in the title race, they were almost caught right at the end when Pedro Porro hit the outside of the post from a tight angle.

Arsenal's fans and their manager reacted with what looked like huge relief as well as celebration when the final whistle sounded on the north London derby.

And this was a reflection of how Arsenal, even though they got a vital victory that keeps them on the heels of pacesetters Liverpool, made this a lot more difficult than it needed to be.

The sight of Gabriel hurling his shirt into the crowd showed just how important these three points were after two huge cup disappointments at home, but Arsenal still suffered familiar flaws that made the closing stages needlessly tense.

Arsenal dominated huge portions of this game - but to win it, they needed another set-piece and a shot by Trossard that should have been saved by Kinsky.

No-one could question the commitment and desire from Arsenal, or their superiority over a labouring Spurs, but once again a lack of cutting edge and a habit of over-elaborating when they got into danger areas drew groans of frustration from their supporters.

But even if Kinsky was hardly overworked, on this night all that mattered to Arsenal was victory.

It is still obvious, however, that if the latest Arsenal title challenge falters, it will be because of the lack of a reliable striker, especially with Bukayo Saka still on crutches after hamstring surgery and Gabriel Jesus ruled out for the long term with a serious knee injury.

Arteta must act in January if Arsenal are to maintain a serious pursuit of Liverpool.

Goalkeeper Kinsky has made an impressive start since joining Spurs in a £12.5m deal from Slavia Prague.

He delivered a confident performance on his debut in the EFL Cup semi-final against Liverpool, and was then one of Spurs' more creditable performers as they eventually found the path to victory at National League Tamworth in the FA Cup third round.

Here, in the hothouse of a north London derby, life got tougher for the promising 21-year-old, especially in the face of Arsenal's set-piece threat.

Kinsky had clearly decided on a strategy of punching corners clear rather than trying to catch in a penalty area crowd scene, a ploy which worked well until just before half-time when Rice's corner drifted over his head at the far post, leading to Arsenal's equaliser from a Solanke own goal.

And his frustrated reaction after Trossard's winner suggested he knew he should have dealt better with the Belgian's effort.

This is all part of life for a young goalkeeper at elite level, with Kinsky having shown plenty of promise as he gets his chance while Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou is missing first choice Guglielmo Vicario and deputy Fraser Forster.

And this defeat was not down to Kinsky, with Spurs simply not offering enough in attack apart from a brief first-half spell before Son's goal.

And Spurs certainly looked to have a clear grievance with the corner that led to that crucial equaliser, when the ball came last off Trossard but the decision went Arsenal's way.

Postecoglou tried to pep his side up with the half-time introduction of James Maddison and Brennan Johnson for Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr, but it was all to no avail.

Match

Details

15 January 2025 20:00 GMT Live on TNT Sports	Arsenal	2–1	Tottenham	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 60,287 Referee: Simon Hooper
	Solanke  40' (o.g.) Trossard  44'	HT:2–1 Report	Heung-min  25'

Arsenal

Tottenham Hotspur

22 David Raya 12 Jurriën Timber 02 William Saliba 06 Gabriel 90+2' 49 Myles Lewis-Skelly 87' 87' 08 Martin Ødegaard 05 Thomas Partey 41 Declan Rice 87' 30 Raheem Sterling 61' 29 Kai Havertz 43' 19 Leandro Trossard 77' Substitutes: 03 Kieran Tierney 77' 11 Gabriel Martinelli 61' 15 Jakub Kiwior 17 Oleksandr Zinchenko 87' 20 Jorginho 23 Mikel Merino 87' 32 Neto 37 Nathan Butler-Oyedeji 46 Ismeal Kabia Manager: Mikel Arteta

31 Antonín Kinský 23 Pedro Porro 06 Radu Drăgușin 14 Archie Gray 24 Djed Spence 08 Yves Bissouma 45' 29 Pape Matar Sarr 45' 27' 15 Lucas Bergvall 21 Dejan Kulusevski 19 Dominic Solanke 07 Son Heung-min 78' Substitutes: 03 Sergio Reguilón 09 Richarlison 78' 10 James Maddison 45' 22 Brennan Johnson 45' 40 Brandon Austin 42 Will Lankshear 47 Mikey Moore 64 Callum Olusesi 79 Malachi Hardy Manager: Ange Postecoglou

Man of the Match: Myles Lewis-Skelly Assistant referees: Adrian Holmes Simon Long Fourth official: Tim Robinson VAR: Peter Bankes Assistant VAR: Timothy Wood

Match rules 90 minutes, no extra time or penalties. Three points awarded to winner, none to loser. One point awarded to each in the event of a draw. Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions

Match Stats

Arsenal	Tottenham Hotspur

Possession ball
53%	47%

Shots
14	10

Shots on target
4	2

Corners
10	4

Fouls
16	9

See also

• 2024–25 Premier League: Match day 21

External links

• Match report at BBC.co.uk
• Match report at Premier League.com