Analytics Report: Premier League Match Of The Week – Matchday 8 – Arsenal vs Tottenham

The North London Derby transpired at the Emirates Stadium in Saturday’s early kick-off with added significance as the sides were separated by a couple of points in the top three of the Premier League.

Arsenal won the game quite comfortably as Arteta’s side were head and shoulders above their North London opponents.

In the chart below, we have the analytics data from the game.

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Quite staggeringly, Arsenal outperformed Spurs in every single stat, and Spurs didn’t come close to Arsenal’s level at any aspect of the game. As you can observe in the chart above, Arsenal overperformed their xG (2.6) while Tottenham underperformed with an xG of 1.5. Out of 22 shots, Arsenal had 9 on target, while Spurs had 2 on target from an underwhelming total of 6 shots.

Another difference can be seen in the shot-creating actions as Arsenal recorded 36 SCA compared to Tottenham’s 12, as Arsenal created a three times higher amount of shot-creating actions. Conte’s side completed just 20 progressive passes the whole game, while the Gunners completed 42 progressive passes.

Yet another pivotal difference as Spurs completed 5 key passes while Arsenal completed a whopping 47 key passes.

Overall, the Gunners outclassed and outplayed Spurs, who simply couldn’t match Arsenal’s intensity and fluidity in the final third.