Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 October 2011

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 2 October 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Tottenham Hotspur · Arsenal · Premier League predictions

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Arsenal: match report

Tottenham Hotspur beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 October 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.

Rafael van der Vaart opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Rafael van der Vaart (40') and Kyle Walker (73'). Arsenal scored through Aaron Ramsey (51').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 7th on 9 points from 5 and Arsenal 15th on 7 points from 6. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 69 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 70.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 5 draws and 2 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Rafael van der VaartTottenham Hotspur
  • 32'Yellow card · Per MertesackerArsenal
  • 40'Goal · Rafael van der VaartTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Aaron RamseyArsenal · 1-1
  • 73'Goal · Kyle WalkerTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Scott ParkerTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 3, draws 5, Arsenal 2.

Team news

Unavailable

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

Younès Kaboul, Ledley King, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Rafael van der Vaart, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Emmanuel Adebayor, Scott Parker, Jermain Defoe, Brad Friedel

Arsenal expected line-up (4-3-3)

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