Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 November 2003
Result
Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Saturday 8 November 2003, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Arsenal defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 November 2003. The half-time score was 0-1.
Darren Anderton opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robert Pirès (69') and Fredrik Ljungberg (79'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Darren Anderton (5').
Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Tottenham Hotspur received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 27 points from 11 and Tottenham Hotspur 12th on 12 points from 11. Arsenal went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 14th with 45.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 0 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Tottenham Hotspur's L-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Darren Anderton
- 10'Yellow card · Ray Parlour
- 14'Yellow card · Paul Konchesky
- 20'Yellow card · Darren Anderton
- 27'Yellow card · D. Richards
- 50'Yellow card · Mauricio Taricco
- 69'Goal · Robert Pirès
- 79'Goal · Fredrik Ljungberg
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up
Kasey Keller, Goran Bunjevcevic, Stephen Carr, Gary Doherty, Anthony Gardner, Mauricio Taricco, Simon Davies, Jamie Redknapp, Rohan Ricketts, R. Keane, Helder Postiga