Arsenal 4-4 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 29 October 2008

Result

Arsenal 4-4 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Wednesday 29 October 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 4-4 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Arsenal drew with Tottenham Hotspur 4-4 in the Premier League on Wednesday 29 October 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

David Bentley opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Mikaël Silvestre (36'), William Gallas (46'), Emmanuel Adebayor (64') and Robin van Persie (68'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through David Bentley (13'), Darren Bent (66'), Jermaine Jenas (89') and Aaron Lennon (90').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Tottenham Hotspur received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 19 points from 9 and Tottenham Hotspur 20th on 5 points from 9. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 8th with 51.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 6 draws and 1 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · David BentleyTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · Mikaël SilvestreArsenal · 1-1
  • 46'Goal · William GallasArsenal · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Benoît Assou-EkottoTottenham Hotspur
  • 57'Yellow card · David BentleyTottenham Hotspur
  • 59'Yellow card · Tom HuddlestoneTottenham Hotspur
  • 64'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal · 3-1
  • 66'Goal · Darren BentTottenham Hotspur · 3-2
  • 68'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 4-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Jermaine JenasTottenham Hotspur
  • 89'Goal · Jermaine JenasTottenham Hotspur · 4-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Abou DiabyArsenal
  • 90'Goal · Aaron LennonTottenham Hotspur · 4-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 6, Tottenham Hotspur 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Mikaël Silvestre, Gaël Clichy, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Emmanuel Adebayor

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)

Heurelho Gomes, Alan Hutton, Vedran Ćorluka, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Daniel Bentley, Tom Huddlestone, Jermaine Jenas, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Jonathan Woodgate