Arsenal vs Tottenham

2 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Mike Dean

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 10’ (pen), 56’
Alexandre Lacazette 74’
Lucas Torreira 77’

Eric Dier 30’
Harry Kane 34’ (pen)

Match summary

Arsenal came from behind to win 4-2 at home to Tottenham. Tottenham led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put Arsenal ahead from the penalty spot in the 10th minute, Eric Dier equalised with a header in the 30th minute, set up by Christian Eriksen, and Harry Kane put Tottenham in front from the penalty spot in the 34th minute. In the second half, Aubameyang equalised in the 56th minute, set up by Aaron Ramsey, Alexandre Lacazette put Arsenal back in front in the 74th minute, set up by Aaron Ramsey, and Lucas Torreira made it 4-2 in the 77th minute, set up by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 2.72 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Tottenham's 1.09 from 11. Tottenham had a player sent off.

Match stats

22 Shots 11

7 Shots on Target 6

8 Corners 5

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 1

2.71 xG 1.09

1.95 Non-penalty xG 0.33

9 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Arsenal Tottenham

Kick-off

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Penalty

1-0

10’

30’

Eric Dier
Assist: Christian Eriksen

1-1

34’

Harry Kane
Penalty

1-2

Half-time1-2

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Assist: Aaron Ramsey

2-2

56’

Alexandre Lacazette
Assist: Aaron Ramsey

3-2

74’

Lucas Torreira
Assist: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

4-2

77’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Arsenal

Shkodran Mustafi
Granit Xhaka
Lucas Torreira

Tottenham

Jan Vertonghen
Serge Aurier
Eric Dier
Dele Alli

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 2.72 xGTottenham 1.09 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
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sokratis	DEF	90			2	0.06	0.00	0
Rob Holding	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.11	1
Shkodran Mustafi	DEF	74			3	0.29	0.05	1
Héctor Bellerín	MID	90			2	0.14	0.00	0
Sead Kolasinac	MID	90			0	0.00	0.36	5
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			0	0.00	0.12	3
Lucas Torreira	MID	90	1		3	0.38	0.00	0
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	FWD	49			0	0.00	0.11	2
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	90	2	1	4	1.47	0.44	2
Alex Iwobi	FWD	49			3	0.19	0.00	0
Alexandre Lacazette	Sub	41	1		1	0.05	0.00	0
Aaron Ramsey	Sub	41		2	3	0.13	0.10	2
Matteo Guendouzi	Sub	16			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
Serge Aurier	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Foyth	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jan Vertonghen	DEF	88			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Davies	DEF	85			0	0.00	0.02	1
Eric Dier	MID	90	1		1	0.04	0.00	0
Christian Eriksen	MID	90		1	2	0.07	0.08	2
Moussa Sissoko	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Dele Alli	MID	82			0	0.00	0.04	1
Harry Kane	FWD	90	1		3	0.84	0.00	0
Son Heung-Min	FWD	82			3	0.11	0.00	0
Lucas Moura	Sub	8			1	0.02	0.00	0
Harry Winks	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.01	1
Danny Rose	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.06	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 37% Bet365 odds 2.62

Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.60

Tottenham win 36% Bet365 odds 2.75

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal W D D D W

Tottenham W L W W W

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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.