Arsenal 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 December 2018

Result

Arsenal 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 2 December 2018, 14:05 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Arsenal 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 December 2018. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (10', penalty), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (56'), Alexandre Lacazette (74') and Lucas Torreira (77'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Eric Dier (30') and Harry Kane (34', penalty).

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 27 points from 13 and Tottenham Hotspur 4th on 30 points from 13. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 71.

Arsenal lined up in a 3-4-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal (9.5), ahead of Granit Xhaka (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 4 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Jan VertonghenTottenham Hotspur
  • 10'Penalty goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · Eric DierTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Eric DierTottenham Hotspur
  • 34'Penalty goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 1-2
  • 37'Yellow card · Nurgzay KhayrulinArsenal
  • 49'Yellow card · Granit XhakaArsenal
  • 56'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal · 2-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Dele AlliTottenham Hotspur
  • 74'Goal · Alexandre LacazetteArsenal · 3-2
  • 77'Goal · Lucas TorreiraArsenal · 4-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Lucas TorreiraArsenal
  • 85'Second yellow · Jan VertonghenTottenham Hotspur
  • 90'Yellow card · Serge AurierTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 3, Tottenham Hotspur 4.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (3-4-3)

Bernd Leno, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis, Rob Holding, Héctor Bellerín, Lucas Torreira, Granit Xhaka, Sead Kolasinac, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alex Iwobi

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

Hugo Lloris, Serge Aurier, Juan Foyth, Jan Vertonghen, Ben Davies, Moussa Sissoko, Eric Dier, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Harry Kane, Heung-min Son