Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2007

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2007, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 December 2007. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Emmanuel Adebayor (48') and Nicklas Bendtner (75'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Dimitar Berbatov (66').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 42 points from 17 and Tottenham Hotspur 12th on 18 points from 17. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 11th with 46.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 6 draws and 0 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-L-D-W-W and Tottenham Hotspur's W-W-L-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Yellow card · William GallasArsenal
  • 48'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal · 1-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Kevin-Prince BoatengTottenham Hotspur
  • 66'Goal · Dimitar BerbatovTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Dimitar BerbatovTottenham Hotspur
  • 70'Yellow card · Teemu TainioTottenham Hotspur
  • 72'Missed penalty · Robbie KeaneTottenham Hotspur
  • 75'Goal · Nicklas BendtnerArsenal · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 6, Tottenham Hotspur 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-1-1)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Emmanuel Adebayor

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Pascal Chimbonda, Young-Pyo Lee, Younès Kaboul, Steed Malbranque, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Dimitar Berbatov, Teemu Tainio, R. Keane, Jamie O'Hara, Aaron Lennon