Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 February 2012
Result
Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Sunday 26 February 2012, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-2
Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Arsenal defeated Tottenham Hotspur 5-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 February 2012. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Louis Saha opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Bacary Sagna (40'), Robin van Persie (43'), Tomáš Rosický (51'), T. Walcott (65') and T. Walcott (68'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Louis Saha (4') and Emmanuel Adebayor (34', penalty).
Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 43 points from 25 and Tottenham Hotspur 3rd on 53 points from 25. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 69.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-5-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 5 draws and 4 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-D-L-L and Tottenham Hotspur's W-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Louis Saha
- 30'Yellow card · Luka Modric
- 30'Yellow card · Scott Parker
- 31'Yellow card · Laurent Koscielny
- 34'Penalty goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 40'Goal · Bacary Sagna
- 42'Yellow card · Mikel Arteta
- 43'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 51'Goal · Tomáš Rosický
- 61'Yellow card · Sandro
- 65'Goal · T. Walcott
- 68'Goal · T. Walcott
- 79'Yellow card · Robin van Persie
- 87'Second yellow · Scott Parker
Head-to-head
Team news
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Arsenal expected line-up (4-5-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)
Younès Kaboul, Ledley King, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Luka Modrić, Niko Kranjčar, Gareth Bale, Emmanuel Adebayor, Louis Saha, Scott Parker, Brad Friedel