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Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham - February 26, 2012 / Premier League 2011/2012

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Premier League 2011/2012 - Round 26

Emirates Stadium - London - England

February 26, 2012

60 106

Arsenal

5 - 2

Tottenham

Assist by Mikel Arteta (header) Bacary Sagna

40'

Assist by Alexandre SongRobin van Persie

43'

Assist by Bacary SagnaTomas Rosicky

51'

Assist by Robin van PersieTheo Walcott

65'

Assist by Alexandre SongTheo Walcott

68'

Louis SahaAssist by Emmanuel Adebayor

34'

Emmanuel Adebayor (penalty)

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4' - Goal Louis Saha

34' - Goal Emmanuel Adebayor

40' - Goal Bacary Sagna40

43' - Goal Robin van Persie43

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46' - Substitution Niko Kranjcaris substituted by Rafael van der Vaart photo Sandro

46' - Substitution Louis Sahais substituted by Sandro

51' - Goal Tomas Rosicky51

65' - Goal Theo Walcott65

68' - Goal Theo Walcott68

75' - Substitution Kieran Gibbsis substituted by Carl Jenkinson75

81' - Substitution Theo Walcottis substituted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain81

82' - Substitution Ledley Kingis substituted by Michael Dawson

87' - Red card Scott Parker

88' - Substitution Yossi Benayounis substituted by Gervinho88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

5 - 2

Tottenham

Arsenal Tottenham

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10van Persie43

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

30Benayoun88

Yossi Benayoun

Israel

B.date05/05/1980

Age31 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

7Rosicky51

Tomas Rosicky

Czech Republic

B.date04/10/1980

Age31 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

14Walcott656881

Theo Walcott

England

B.date16/03/1989

Age22 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

17Song

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age24 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

8Arteta

Mikel Arteta

Spain

B.date26/03/1982

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

28Gibbs75

Kieran Gibbs

England

B.date26/09/1989

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

5Vermaelen

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

6Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

3Sagna40

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age29 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

13Szczesny

Wojciech Szczesny

Poland

B.date18/04/1990

Age21 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Wojciech Szczesny		21	60	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Thomas Vermaelen		26	77	7.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Laurent Koscielny		26	74	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kieran Gibbs	75	22	61	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Bacary Sagna	40	29	193	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alexandre Song		24	190	6.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mikel Arteta		29	30	6.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Theo Walcott	656881	22	209	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Yossi Benayoun	88	31	18	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Tomas Rosicky	51	31	154	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Robin van Persie	43	28	265	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

121

Tottenham

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Adebayor34

Emmanuel Adebayor

Togo

B.date26/02/1984

Age28 years

H1m93

positionCentre forward

15Saha446

Louis Saha

France

B.date08/08/1978

Age33 years

H1m81

positionStriker

3Bale

Gareth Bale

Wales

B.date16/07/1989

Age22 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

21Kranjcar46

Niko Kranjcar

Croatia

B.date13/08/1984

Age27 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

8Parker87

Scott Parker

England

B.date13/10/1980

Age31 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

14Modric

Luka Modric

Croatia

B.date09/09/1985

Age26 years

H1m74

positionPlaymaker

32Assou-Ekotto

Benoît Assou-Ekotto

Cameroon

B.date24/03/1984

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

26King82

Ledley King

England

B.date12/10/1980

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

4Kaboul

Younes Kaboul

France

B.date04/01/1986

Age26 years

H1m90

positionLeft central defender

28Walker

Kyle Walker

England

B.date28/05/1990

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

24Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age40 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
24	G	Brad Friedel		40	26	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Ledley King	82	31	316	3.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Younes Kaboul		26	92	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kyle Walker		21	34	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	D	Benoît Assou-Ekotto		27	172	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Niko Kranjcar	46	27	68	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Scott Parker	87	31	24	3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Gareth Bale		22	145	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Luka Modric		26	146	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Louis Saha	446	33	4	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Emmanuel Adebayor	34	28	24	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	D	Carl Jenkinson	75	20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	81	18	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Gervinho	88	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
20	D	Michael Dawson	82	28	248	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Sandro	46	22	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Rafael van der Vaart	46	29	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Laurent Koscielny

Johan Djourou

OUT

Wojciech Szczesny

Lukasz Fabianski

OUT

Yossi Benayoun

Gervinho

OUT

Tomas Rosicky

Aaron Ramsey

OUT

Kieran Gibbs

Francis Coquelin

OUT

Theo Walcott

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Brad Friedel

Carlo Cudicini

OUT

Ledley King

Ryan Nelsen

OUT

Emmanuel Adebayor

Jermain Defoe

OUT

Benoît Assou-Ekotto

Danny Rose

OUT

Niko Kranjcar

Jake Livermore

OUT

Luka Modric

Michael Dawson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

888

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Tottenham

17 victories

16 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 2012

Wenger vs Redknapp

14 victories

13 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Redknapp

183

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Redknapp vs Arsenal

5 victories

13 draws

19 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 2012

Redknapp vs Wenger

4 victories

13 draws

14 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 2012

Referee

Michael Dean

39 victories	24 draws	18 losses	Arsenal81 matches	General total	Tottenham73 matches	33 victories	20 draws	20 losses
1 victory	2 draws	3 losses	Arsenal6 matches	Season total	Tottenham4 matches	3 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 01, 2022					Latest figure on March 21, 2021

Videos

July 30, 2012

Comments

Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Harry Redknapp has done less than 25% of losses .

It's the first time Louis Saha scores a goal vs Arsenal in his professional career since the 01/02/2011 (with Everton vs Arsenal )

End of streak for Tottenham after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 27/01/2012).

Read the next 34 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 1-1 Wolverhampton27/12/2011

VArsenal 1-0 Queens Park Rangers31/12/2011

VArsenal 1-0 Leeds United09/01/2012

LArsenal 1-2 Manchester United22/01/2012

VArsenal 3-2 Aston Villa29/01/2012

VArsenal 7-1 Blackburn04/02/2012

Overall

VArsenal 3-2 Aston Villa29/01/2012

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Arsenal01/02/2012

VArsenal 7-1 Blackburn04/02/2012

VSunderland 1-2 Arsenal11/02/2012

LAC Milan 4-0 Arsenal15/02/2012

LSunderland 2-0 Arsenal18/02/2012

Current form

Away

VNorwich City 0-2 Tottenham27/12/2011

DSwansea 1-1 Tottenham31/12/2011

LManchester City 3-2 Tottenham22/01/2012

VWatford 0-1 Tottenham27/01/2012

DLiverpool 0-0 Tottenham06/02/2012

DStevenage 0-0 Tottenham19/02/2012

Overall

LManchester City 3-2 Tottenham22/01/2012

VWatford 0-1 Tottenham27/01/2012

VTottenham 3-1 Wigan31/01/2012

DLiverpool 0-0 Tottenham06/02/2012

VTottenham 5-0 Newcastle United11/02/2012

DStevenage 0-0 Tottenham19/02/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	5	4
Scoring streak	7	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	3	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Winless streak	2	1
Goalless streak	2	1
Invincibility streak	3	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

20	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	12
5	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
13	Victories (Competition total)	16
8	Victories (Home / Away)	6
4	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
8	Losses (Competition total)	4
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

48	Goals scored (Competition total)	49
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
35	Goals conceded (Competition total)	25
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.92	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.96
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.67
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

46	Yellow cards (Competition total)	29
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
4	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Robin van Persie	22 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Emmanuel Adebayor
Robin van Persie	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Rafael van der Vaart
Robin van Persie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Emmanuel Adebayor
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Emmanuel Adebayor
Theo Walcott	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	9 assists	Emmanuel Adebayor
Theo Walcott	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Emmanuel Adebayor
Robin van Persie	22 goals, 3 assists during the last 23 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 4 assists during the last match	Emmanuel Adebayor

Historical head to head

Home

79 matches

40 v

20 d

19 l

126 gf

86 ga

Away

85 matches

27 v

24 d

34 l

126 gf

138 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

167 matches

69 v

45 d

53 l

255 gf

225 ga

Historical head to head

Home

85 matches

34 v

24 d

27 l

138 gf

126 ga

Away

79 matches

19 v

20 d

40 l

86 gf

126 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

167 matches

53 v

45 d

69 l

225 gf

255 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	March 06, 1935
Home	4 - 0	September 16, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 04, 1983
Away	3 - 0	February 27, 1954

Latest head to head

October 02, 2011 - Premier League 2011/2012

Tottenham

2 - 1

Arsenal

April 20, 2011 - Premier League 2010/2011

Tottenham

3 - 3

Arsenal

November 20, 2010 - Premier League 2010/2011

Arsenal

2 - 3

Tottenham

September 21, 2010 - League Cup 2010/2011

Tottenham

1 - 4

Arsenal

April 14, 2010 - Premier League 2009/2010

Tottenham

2 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Emmanuel Adebayor	8 goals	2006 - 2008
Alan Sunderland	8 goals	1978 - 1982
Robert Pirès	8 goals	2001 - 2005
Joe Baker	6 goals	1963 - 1965
Ian Wright	6 goals	1991 - 1996
Ted Drake	5 goals	1934 - 1935

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Bobby Smith	9 goals	1957 - 1963
Alan Gilzean	7 goals	1965 - 1973
Jimmy Greaves	7 goals	1963 - 1968
Cliff Jones	6 goals	1962 - 1966
Les Allen	6 goals	1960 - 1961
Steve Archibald	6 goals	1981 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

David O'Leary	35 matches	1975 - 1993
Tony Adams	31 matches	1985 - 2002
Lee Dixon	27 matches	1988 - 2002
Nigel Winterburn	25 matches	1988 - 2000
George Armstrong	25 matches	1963 - 1977
Paul Davis	23 matches	1980 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Gary Mabbutt	32 matches	1982 - 1997
Steve Perryman	31 matches	1970 - 1986
Glenn Hoddle	23 matches	1976 - 1987
Pat Jennings	23 matches	1964 - 1976
Cyril Knowles	22 matches	1964 - 1975
Paul Allen	20 matches	1986 - 1993