Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal (2024-25)

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Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal (2024–25)

Tottenham Arsenal 0 1
HT:0–0 Report
Event	Premier League 2024-25
Date	Sunday 15 September 2024
Venue	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Gabriel
Referee	Jarred Gillett
Attendance	61,645
Weather	19 °C (66 °F)
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Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal was a match which took place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday 15 September 2024.

Team News

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham pair Micky van de Ven and Dominic Solanke are expected to be available after overcoming respective knee and ankle injuries.

Yves Bissouma is a doubt after suffering a groin problem on international duty for Mali, while Richarlison remains out.

Arsenal

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard will have further tests to determine the extent of his ankle problem but he was not ruled out for this weekend by manager Mikel Arteta on Friday.

Declan Rice serves a one-match ban and Mikel Merino remains out with a shoulder injury but Gabriel Jesus is fit again and Riccardo Calafiori's calf issue will be assessed.

Match facts

Head-to-head

• There have been 195 North London derbies in all competitions, Tottenham have won 61, Arsenal 82 and there were 52 draws.
• Tottenham's solitary victory in the past seven top-flight meetings was by 3-0 at home in May 2022 (D1, L5).
• This fixture has produced the most penalties awarded (26) and scored (24) in Premier League history.

Tottenham Hotspur

• Tottenham can lose more than one of their opening four matches of a top-flight season for the first time since 2011-12 under Harry Redknapp.
• They have lost six of their past 10 Premier League fixtures (W3, D1).
• Spurs have conceded an own goal in each of their last three top-flight meetings with Arsenal: Hugo Lloris in January 2023, Cristian Romero in September 2023 and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in April 2024. No team has ever put through their own net in four consecutive Premier League meetings with an opponent.
• Son Heung-min is one short of moving into the top 20 of the all-time leading Premier League goalscorers, with 122 goals. Dwight Yorke and Raheem Sterling both have 123 to sit joint-19th on the list.

Arsenal

• The Gunners have won nine of their last 10 away league matches, drawing the other and keeping eight clean sheets. They’ve equalled their longest top-flight away winning streak of five games under Mikel Arteta.
• Arsenal's eight-game Premier League winning streak was ended by a 1-1 home draw against Brighton in their most recent outing.
• Bukayo Saka scored home and away goals against Tottenham in the Premier League last season. A goal on Sunday would make him the third Arsenal player to score in three consecutive north London derby appearances, after Emmanuel Adebayor and Robert Pires.
• Raheem Sterling could become the first Arsenal debutant in a north London derby since Isaiah Rankin in December 1997.
• Kai Havertz has been directly involved in 18 goals in 21 Premier League appearances in 2024, scoring 11 and setting up seven.
• David Raya turns 29 on the day of this match.

Match Report

Arsenal came out on top in a fiery north London derby as Gabriel's second-half header gave them a crucial victory at Tottenham.

The Gunners were without captain Martin Odegaard and key midfield Declan Rice through injury and suspension respectively and survived a stern examination from Ange Postecoglou's side to spark ecstatic scenes at the final whistle.

Arsenal keeper David Raya excelled in the early stages to keep Spurs at bay with fine saves from Dejan Kulusevski while Spurs opposite number Guglielmo Vicario had to be at his best to keep out Kai Havertz's header.

Tempers boiled over late in the first half as players from both sides clashed following Jurien Timber's challenge on Pedro Porro, setting the stage for a tense second period.

And it was Gabriel who made the vital contribution after 64 minutes, escaping the attentions of Cristian Romero to rise and power Bukako Saka's corner high past Vicario.

Arsenal always relish any derby victory at Spurs but this one will taste especially sweet as it was achieved without two such significant figures in Odegaard and Rice while providing the perfect platform for next weekend's visit to champions Manchester City.

The Gunners, in the modern football parlance, suffered at moments in an occasionally bad-tempered encounter but - as at Aston Villa earlier this season - they dug deep and showed real grit to stay in the game before Gabriel's thumping header settled the game.

Arsenal then defended with determination to close out the three points, match-winner Gabriel and goalkeeper Raya delivering towering performances as Spurs eventually ran out of ideas.

Such are the fine margins in the Premier League because of Manchester City's supremacy, any failure to win is seen as a slip and after drawing at home with Brighton, Arsenal's victory assumes greater importance because they go to the champions in their next league game.

Manager Mikel Arteta will take extra pleasure in the way Arsenal coped without the quality and calming influences of Odegaard and Rice in the engine room - a fact reflected by the joyous reaction of players, management and supporters at the final whistle.

Tottenham's old failings returned to haunt them as they squandered the opportunity to put a marker down in front of their own supporters against depleted Arsenal.

They were reflected in the goal as Spurs once again failed to defend a set-piece, a constant Achilles heel in the Ange Postecoglou era.

Last season, excluding penalties, Spurs conceded 16 goals from set-pieces out of 54 conceded. Including penalties it was 23 from 61.

Postecoglou appeared unconcerned by this obvious weakness but another crucial goal leading to a defeat from a routine corner poorly defended should focus the manager's mind, with three of Arsenal's last four goals against Spurs coming from set plays.

In the wider context, there was plenty to admire in Spurs' early endeavour but the longer the game went on the more wayward they became, descending into a catalogue of poor decision-making and failures to deliver quality from good positions.

There was a growing sense that Arsenal would punish these flaws and so it proved, much to the frustration of Spurs fans, who created a thunderous atmosphere as Postecoglou's side opened with verve but without end product.

This will be a bitterly disappointing day for Postecoglou and his players as Arsenal's absentees presented them with a big opportunity to make a statement, instead they fell short once more and now have only one win from their first four league matches.

Match

Details

15 September 2024 14:00 BST	Tottenham	0–1	Arsenal	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Attendance: 61,645 Referee: Jarred Gillett
		HT:0–0 Report	Gabriel  64'

Tottenham

Arsenal

01 Guglielmo Vicario 37' 23 Pedro Porro 17 Cristian Romero 37 Micky van de Ven 45+2' 13 Destiny Udogie 27' 21 Dejan Kulusevski 45+2' 30 Rodrigo Bentancur 68' 32' 10 James Maddison 80' 22 Brennan Johnson 68' 19 Dominic Solanke 07 Son Heung-min Substitutes: 06 Radu Drăgușin 14 Archie Gray 15 Lucas Bergvall 16 Timo Werner 80' 20 Fraser Forster 24 Djed Spence 28 Wilson Odobert 68' 29 Pape Matar Sarr 68' 33 Ben Davies Manager: Ange Postecoglou

22 David Raya 04 Ben White 02 William Saliba 15' 06 Gabriel 12 Jurriën Timber 35' 05 Thomas Partey 20 Jorginho 49' 11 Gabriel Martinelli 80' 07 Bukayo Saka 86' 29 Kai Havertz 19 Leandro Trossard 80' Substitutes: 09 Gabriel Jesus 80' 15 Jakub Kiwior 30 Raheem Sterling 80' 32 Neto 46 Ismeal Kabia 47 Maldini Kacurri 49 Myles Lewis-Skelly 53 Ethan Nwaneri 86' 76 Ayden Heaven Manager: Mikel Arteta

Man of the Match: Gabriel Assistant referees: Darren Cann James Mainwaring Fourth official: Robert Jones VAR: Peter Bankes Assistant VAR: Scott Ledger

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

Tottenham	Arsenal

Possession ball
63%	37%

Shots
15	7

Shots on target
5	4

Corners
7	6

Fouls
13	10

See also

• 2024–25 Premier League: Match day 4

External links

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