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12 Jul 2020-15:30
Half Time: 1-1
Tottenham
2
2 : 1
Arsenal
1
Full Time
Match Statistics
Tottenham
Arsenal
Shots
10
10
Shots on Target
9
4
Fouls
16
11
Corners
6
5
Ball Possession
37
63
Yellow Cards
5
3
Match Summary
With no goalless draw in the last 25 North London derbies and both teams scoring in 17 of those, as well as at least six total cards and a penalty awarded in each of the last three Premier League (PL) meetings, action seems unavoidable in this highly anticipated clash.
Tottenham Hotspur may be unbeaten in three PL home games (W2, D1), and five PL home H2Hs (W3, D2), but it’s worth noting that they’ve scored two or fewer goals in each of those eight combined matches. Despite that, they’ve still netted a healthy average of 2.11 goals per PL home match this term, and have led at HT in six of their ten PL wins here.
A 1-1 draw versus Leicester made it four PL games unbeaten for Arsenal (W3, D1), but was also their sixth game this season in which they forfeited a HT lead for a FT draw – a league-high. Furthermore with four of the last six PL goals they’ve conceded coming in or after the 75th minute, the ‘Gunners’ could be nervy late on.
Two consecutive 2-0 PL away victories has doubled Arsenal’s away win tally for the league campaign though (W4, D8, L5), and defied their average of 1.12 goals scored per PL road trip – albeit that’s still better than their average of 0.88 across the last eight top-flight H2Hs at Spurs.
Players to watch: Tottenham’s Harry Kane has scored in four straight PL H2Hs - he netted a penalty in the last three. Meanwhile, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted in the last H2H, and has scored the opener in two of Arsenal’s last three matches.
Stat attack: Five of Tottenham’s last seven competitive home wins have come by a one-goal margin.
There’s been at least one goal after the 85th minute in Arsenal’s last five competitive away games.
The opener has been netted by the 20th minute in the last four H2Hs.
Tottenham’s goalless draw with Bournemouth in midweek was the first time a José Mourinho managed team registered no shots on target in a PL game since April 2007.