Arsenal vs Tottenham

14 March 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Martin Odegaard 44’
  • Alexandre Lacazette 64’ (pen)
  • Erik Lamela 33’

Match summary

Arsenal came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Tottenham. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Erik Lamela put Tottenham ahead in the 33rd minute, set up by Lucas Moura, Martin Odegaard equalised in the 44th minute, set up by Kieran Tierney, and Alexandre Lacazette won it from the penalty spot in the 64th minute.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.57 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Tottenham's 0.72 from 6. Tottenham had a player sent off.

Match stats

Arsenal Tottenham
13 Shots 6
3 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
1.57 xG 0.71
0.80 Non-penalty xG 0.71
10 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Arsenal Tottenham
Kick-off
33’
Erik Lamela
Assist: Lucas Moura0-1 (Tottenham)
Martin Odegaard
Assist: Kieran Tierney1-1 (Arsenal)
44’
Half-time1-1
Alexandre Lacazette
Penalty2-1 (Arsenal)
64’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Arsenal
  • Granit Xhaka
Tottenham
  • Erik Lamela
  • Davinson Sánchez
  • Sergio Reguilón

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.57 0.72 33’ Erik Lamela (Tottenham), 0-1 33’ 44’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), 1-1 44’ 64’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), 2-1 64’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.57 0.72 33’ Erik Lamela (Tottenham), 0-1 Lamela 33’ 44’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), 1-1 Odegaard 44’ 64’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), 2-1 Lacazette 64’
Arsenal 1.57 xGTottenham 0.72 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Tottenham attacking Arsenal attacking 
64’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90’ Davinson Sánchez (Tottenham), set piece, 0.53 xG, blocked 26’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.39 xG, off target 38’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 33’ Erik Lamela (Tottenham), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 44’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 37’ Cédric Soares (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 43’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+5’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 56’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 23’ Thomas Partey (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 16’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 15’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Thomas Partey (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 79’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 5’ Kieran Tierney (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 71’ Erik Lamela (Tottenham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 64’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90’ Davinson Sánchez (Tottenham), set piece, 0.53 xG, blocked 26’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.39 xG, off target 38’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 33’ Erik Lamela (Tottenham), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 44’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 37’ Cédric Soares (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 43’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+5’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 56’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 23’ Thomas Partey (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 16’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 15’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Kieran Tierney (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ Thomas Partey (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 79’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 71’ Erik Lamela (Tottenham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bernd Leno GK900 0.000.000
Cédric Soares DEF901 0.050.000
David Luiz DEF900 0.000.000
Gabriel DEF900 0.000.000
Kieran Tierney DEF9011 0.010.082
Thomas Partey MID902 0.030.032
Granit Xhaka MID901 0.020.000
Bukayo Saka MID480 0.000.121
Martin Odegaard MID9012 0.110.052
Emile Smith-Rowe MID791 0.020.514
Alexandre Lacazette FWD9015 1.320.000
Nicolas Pepe Sub420 0.000.000
Willian Sub110 0.000.000
Mohamed Elneny Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 36% Avg odds 2.66
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.30
Tottenham win 35% Avg odds 2.75

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal LWLWD
Tottenham LLWWW

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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.