Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 8 November 2003

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 8 November 2003, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Arsenal defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 November 2003. The half-time score was 0-1.

Darren Anderton opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robert Pirès (69') and Fredrik Ljungberg (79'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Darren Anderton (5').

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

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 27 points from 11 and Tottenham Hotspur 12th on 12 points from 11. Arsenal went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 14th with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 0 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Darren AndertonTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 10'Yellow card · Ray ParlourArsenal
  • 14'Yellow card · Paul KoncheskyTottenham Hotspur
  • 20'Yellow card · Darren AndertonTottenham Hotspur
  • 27'Yellow card · D. RichardsTottenham Hotspur
  • 50'Yellow card · Mauricio TariccoTottenham Hotspur
  • 69'Goal · Robert PirèsArsenal · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · Fredrik LjungbergArsenal · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 3, Tottenham Hotspur 0.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up

Kasey Keller, Goran Bunjevcevic, Stephen Carr, Gary Doherty, Anthony Gardner, Mauricio Taricco, Simon Davies, Jamie Redknapp, Rohan Ricketts, R. Keane, Helder Postiga