Arsenal vs Tottenham

26 September 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

Emile Smith-Rowe 12’
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 27’
Bukayo Saka 34’

Son Heung-Min 79’

Match summary

Arsenal saw off Tottenham 3-1. Arsenal led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Emile Smith-Rowe put Arsenal ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Bukayo Saka, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made it 2-0 in the 27th minute, set up by Emile Smith-Rowe, and Bukayo Saka made it 3-0 in the 34th minute. In the second half, Son Heung-Min pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 79th minute, set up by Sergio Reguilón.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.44 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Tottenham's 0.98 from 10.

Match stats

12 Shots 10

7 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.44 xG 0.98

1.44 Non-penalty xG 0.98

5 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Arsenal Tottenham

Kick-off

Emile Smith-Rowe
Assist: Bukayo Saka

1-0

12’

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Assist: Emile Smith-Rowe

2-0

27’

Bukayo Saka

3-0

34’

Half-time3-0

79’

Son Heung-Min
Assist: Sergio Reguilón

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Arsenal

Martin Odegaard
Albert Sambi Lokonga

Tottenham

Oliver Skipp

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Arsenal 1.44 xGTottenham 0.98 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Tottenham attacking Arsenal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Takehiro Tomiyasu	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.04	1
Ben White	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Thomas Partey	MID	90			2	0.04	0.05	1
Granit Xhaka	MID	84			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bukayo Saka	MID	89	1	1	2	0.57	0.58	3
Martin Odegaard	MID	90			0	0.00	0.08	3
Emile Smith-Rowe	MID	90	1	1	1	0.54	0.15	2
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	90	1		4	0.22	0.00	0
Albert Sambi Lokonga	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nuno Tavares	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Hugo Lloris	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Japhet Tanganga	DEF	48			1	0.09	0.00	0
Davinson Sánchez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Dier	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.29	1
Sergio Reguilón	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.34	2
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tanguy NDombele Alvaro	MID	72			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dele Alli	MID	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Moura	FWD	90			2	0.05	0.02	1
Harry Kane	FWD	90			5	0.45	0.00	0
Son Heung-Min	FWD	90	1		2	0.39	0.20	3
Emerson	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.02	1
Oliver Skipp	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bryan Gil Salvatierra	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 44% Avg odds 2.20

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.39

Tottenham win 28% Avg odds 3.45

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal L L L W W

Tottenham W W W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham, 14 Mar 21 Next meeting: Tottenham 3-0 Arsenal, 12 May 22 All Arsenal vs Tottenham meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.