Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 February 2012

Result

Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 26 February 2012, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Arsenal defeated Tottenham Hotspur 5-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 February 2012. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Louis Saha opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Bacary Sagna (40'), Robin van Persie (43'), Tomáš Rosický (51'), T. Walcott (65') and T. Walcott (68'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Louis Saha (4') and Emmanuel Adebayor (34', penalty).

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

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 43 points from 25 and Tottenham Hotspur 3rd on 53 points from 25. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 69.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-5-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 5 draws and 4 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

4'Goal · Louis SahaTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
30'Yellow card · Luka ModricTottenham Hotspur
30'Yellow card · Scott ParkerTottenham Hotspur
31'Yellow card · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal
34'Penalty goal · Emmanuel AdebayorTottenham Hotspur · 0-2
40'Goal · Bacary SagnaArsenal · 1-2
42'Yellow card · Mikel ArtetaArsenal
43'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 2-2
51'Goal · Tomáš RosickýArsenal · 3-2
61'Yellow card · SandroTottenham Hotspur
65'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 4-2
68'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 5-2
79'Yellow card · Robin van PersieArsenal
87'Second yellow · Scott ParkerTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 1, draws 5, Tottenham Hotspur 4.

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 ArsenalPremier League · 2 Oct 2011
Tottenham Hotspur 3-3 ArsenalPremier League · 20 Apr 2011
Arsenal 2-3 Tottenham HotspurPremier League · 20 Nov 2010
Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 ArsenalCarabao Cup · 21 Sep 2010
Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 ArsenalPremier League · 14 Apr 2010
Arsenal 3-0 Tottenham HotspurPremier League · 31 Oct 2009

Team news

Unavailable

Tom HuddlestoneTottenham Hotspur · injury (Knee Surgery)
Gilles SunuArsenal · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

Arsenal expected line-up (4-5-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Johan Djourou, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Samir Nasri, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen

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

Younès Kaboul, Ledley King, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Luka Modrić, Niko Kranjčar, Gareth Bale, Emmanuel Adebayor, Louis Saha, Scott Parker, Brad Friedel