Arsenal vs Spurs - statistics suggests Spurs may score first
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Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur
Saturday 27 Sept 2014
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
The English Premier League (EPL) table isn't as good as it should be from a Tottenham fans point of view after a woeful performance last week saw 3 points thrown away from a corner that we should never have given away in the first place. Thanks to someone trying to be too clever we paid the ultimate price against the team who were bottom of the league at the time.
The form table is obviously the same, the season only being 5 games old.
Premier League Table | |||
| P | Pts | ||
| 1 | Chelsea | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Southampton | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Swansea City | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Manchester C | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Leicester City | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | West Ham Utd | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | Tottenham | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | Hull City | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | Liverpool | 5 | 6 |
| 12 | Manchester U | 5 | 5 |
| 13 | Stoke City | 5 | 5 |
| 14 | Everton | 5 | 5 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 5 |
| 16 | West Bromwich | 5 | 5 |
| 17 | Sunderland | 5 | 4 |
| 18 | QPR | 5 | 4 |
| 19 | Burnley | 5 | 3 |
| 20 | Newcastle Utd | 5 | 3 |
Home form verses away form is always an important factor when trying to assess a result and neither side in in what you'd call great form, even though Arsenal are unbeaten.
Arsenal(4th) | Sat. 27 Sep 2014 Kick-off: 17:30 GMT | Tottenham(9th) |
| Last 5 matches |
| 20 Sep | Aston Villa - ARS | 0-3 | 0-1 | SPURS - West Bromwich | 21 Sep | |
| 13 Sep | ARS - Manchester City | 2-2 | 2-2 | Sunderland - SPURS | 13 Sep | |
| 31 Aug | Leicester City - ARS | 1-1 | 0-3 | SPURS - Liverpool | 31 Aug | |
| 23 Aug | Everton - ARS | 2-2 | 4-0 | SPURS- QPR | 24 Aug | |
| 16 Aug | ARS - Crystal Palace | 2-1 | 0-1 | West Ham Utd - SPURS | 16 Aug |
(Green = Win, Yellow = Draw, Pink = Loss)
Home Table
| Away Table
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With so few games there is not a lot to go on in those table as yet so how have we fared since 2002?
| Arsenal wins | 12 |  |
| Draws | 8 |  |
| Tottenham wins | 4 |  |
| Arsenal goals | 53 | |
| Tottenham goals | 34 | |
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The overall record is not great, just looking at this corresponding fixture Arsenal have won 9, we have drawn 2 and only won 1, a 2-3 victory in November 2010. We have scored 15 goals in 12 games since 2002 and conceded 32. In 5 of those games we have failed to score, however there are often plenty of goals in the tie.
There had been 125 goals scored in Premier League meetings between Tottenham and Arsenal, more than any other fixture before we played them last year so that tally can now be added to by a further 2.
This season Arsenal have scored 75% of their home goals in the second half and we have scored 67% of our away goal in the second half so that would point to the second half containing more goals than the first.
However Arsenal have conceded 67% of the goals at home in the first half and 83% in all games compared to Spurs 50% away from home and 33% conceded in the first half in all games.
Arsenal have yet to score the first goal at home this season whereas Tottenham have scored first in both their away games. To negate that neither Arsenal have not been in front at half-time in any home games and Tottenham haven't been in front at half-time in any away games this season.
At home Arsenal have been in font for an average of just 4.5 minutes per game while Tottenham have been in front for an average 18 minutes per game away from home.
Attacking Table | |||
| P | G | ||
| 1 | Chelsea | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Everton | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Manchester U | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Southampton | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | West Ham Utd | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Manchester C | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 5 | 8 |
| 11 | Hull City | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | Liverpool | 5 | 7 |
| 13 | Tottenham | 5 | 7 |
Defending Table | |||
| P | G | ||
| 1 | Southampton | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Burnley | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Stoke City | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Manchester C | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Tottenham | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 5 | 6 |
Weighing up what the statistics say perhaps suggests 0-0 at half-time with goals in the second half but this fixture regularly seems to see early goals. It's tough to call we ourselves off form and Arsenal missing defenders but I doubt it will be a simple 1-0 this season.
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