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Spurs v Arsenal Previous Fixture

This is a fixture with a rich history. The North London Derby is one of the most famous fixtures in English and world football, and this rivalry was renewed once more back on Wednesday, 15th January 2025, when Tottenham Hotspur took on an Arsenal side led by their Spanish Head Coach Mikel Arteta at the Emirates Stadium.

Ahead of this match, Spurs were sat in 12th place with 24 points to their name and they were just 4 points adrift of Brighton and 6 points below the top half, and in this game, against the Gunners, they were looking to take three points that would significantly narrow the gap between themselves and the top half and it would see them move closer to those European places.

In their most recent game before the visit of their fiercest rivals, the Lilywhites had been narrowly beaten 2 – 1 by Eddie Howe’s Newcastle United at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with the only goal of the game for the hosts coming within the first 5 minutes of the game through their English striker Dominic Solanke (4’).

Meanwhile, Arsenal sat up in 2nd place with 40 points to their name after twenty matches. The Gunners were one of the clubs participating in the title race. They will have been looking to narrow the gap between themselves and league leaders Liverpool as Arteta’s side looked to increase their chances of winning a first top flight title since 2004.

Unfortunately for Spurs, they were narrowly defeated 2 – 1 by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on the day. The first chance of the game did fall to the Gunners who saw an effort from their Belgian forward Leandro Trossard get blocked well by the Tottenham defence with just over ten minutes gone in the game (13’).

The first significant chance for Spurs came the way of their Swedish international forward Dejan Kulusevski, who was able to force what was a great save from Arsenal Goalkeeper David Raya, who was able to keep the score level at 0 – 0 (22’).

It was not long after that when the opening goal of the game was scored in the latest edition of this long standing and fierce rivalry. It was the visitors, Spurs, who took the lead when their talisman, Son Heung-Min, found the bottom right corner thanks to a powerful close-range effort from within the penalty area (25’).

Unfortunately for the Lilywhites, they conceded the equalising goal when they conceded thanks to an own goal from their forward Dominic Solanke with just minutes left before the break (40’). Arsenal then took the lead just a few minutes later through Leandro Trossard who was able to find the bottom right corner after having received a pass from Martin Odegaard (44’).

In the second half, the visitors did see some efforts on goal get blocked well by the home defence, with the likes of Son Heung-Min (50’) and Brennan Johnson (57’) being denied. Solanke then had an effort blocked himself a short while later with less than twenty minutes of the game remaining (73’).

Then in the dying embers of the game, Spurs did have more chances. One saw Dominic Solanke denied via a great block with just 5 minutes remaining of normal time (85’), whilst Pedro Porro also had an effort on goal, only for the ball to fly wide of the right post (87’).

Then, Solanke narrowly missed the target again (90+2’), before Pedro Porro then agonisingly hit the right post from a difficult angle deep into stoppage time in the second half (90+4’).

Unfortunately for Spurs, they failed to find that all important equaliser, being narrowly defeated 2 – 1 in this game at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal did control possession with 53.2% of the ball, whilst their visitors, Tottenham, had 46.8% of the ball throughout the game. The hosts also had more shots on target with the Gunners having 4 compared to Spurs’ 2. Arsenal had 14 shots as a whole, whilst the Lilywhites had 10.

This game saw Spurs drop down two places to 14th place, still with 24 points to their name after 21 matches in the Premier League. Arsenal remained in second place, just behind league leaders Liverpool.