Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 3 March 2013

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 3 March 2013, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Arsenal: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 March 2013. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Gareth Bale opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Gareth Bale (37') and Aaron Lennon (39'). Arsenal scored through Per Mertesacker (51').

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

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 4th on 51 points from 27 and Arsenal 5th on 49 points from 27. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 72 points, and Arsenal 4th with 73.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 3 draws and 4 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Emmanuel AdebayorTottenham Hotspur
  • 29'Yellow card · Jan VertonghenTottenham Hotspur
  • 30'Yellow card · Aaron RamseyArsenal
  • 37'Goal · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Aaron LennonTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 51'Goal · Per MertesackerArsenal · 2-1
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Kyle WalkerTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 3, draws 3, Arsenal 4.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Hugo Lloris, Michael Dawson, Kyle Walker, Kyle Naughton, Mousa Dembélé, Aaron Lennon, Gareth Bale, Clint Dempsey, Scott Parker, Jermain Defoe

Arsenal expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, Kieran Gibbs, J. Wilshere, Santi Cazorla, Mikel Arteta, Theo Walcott, Olivier Giroud, Thomas Vermaelen