Tottenham Hotspur 4-5 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 13 November 2004

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 4-5 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 13 November 2004, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 4-5 Arsenal: match report

Tottenham Hotspur were beaten by Arsenal 4-5 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 November 2004. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Nourredine Naybet opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Nourredine Naybet (37'), Jermain Defoe (61'), Ledley King (74') and Frédéric Kanouté (88'). Arsenal scored through Thierry Henry (45'), Laurén (55', penalty), Patrick Vieira (60'), Fredrik Ljungberg (69') and Robert Pirès (81').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 14th on 13 points from 12 and Arsenal 2nd on 27 points from 12. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 83.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Nourredine NaybetTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Nourredine NaybetTottenham Hotspur
  • 42'Yellow card · Reto ZieglerTottenham Hotspur
  • 45'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 1-1
  • 55'Penalty goal · LaurénArsenal · 1-2
  • 59'Yellow card · Michael BrownTottenham Hotspur
  • 60'Goal · Patrick VieiraArsenal · 1-3
  • 61'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 2-3
  • 69'Goal · Fredrik LjungbergArsenal · 2-4
  • 74'Goal · Ledley KingTottenham Hotspur · 3-4
  • 81'Goal · Robert PirèsArsenal · 3-5
  • 88'Goal · Frédéric KanoutéTottenham Hotspur · 4-5

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 0, draws 4, Arsenal 4.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up

Kasey Keller, Gary Doherty, Anthony Gardner, Mauricio Taricco, Stephen Carr, Simon Davies, Jamie Redknapp, Frédéric Kanouté, Michael Brown, Jermain Defoe