Matter of stats | Spurs vs Arsenal - the numbers behind the derby

Sunday's north London derby (NLD) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (2pm UK) will be the 196th meeting between the teams in this most storied of local rivalries.

The N17-N5 clash holds a couple of Premier League records - for a start, the fixture has seen the most penalties awarded (26) and scored (24) in Premier League history. Indeed, of all Premier League fixtures to have seen at least 100 goals scored, the NLD has seen the highest percentage netted from the spot (12.9% - 24/186).

Meanwhile, the NLD has seen both teams score more often than any other fixture in Premier League history (43), while it’s also the fixture to see the team score first fail to win more often than any other (29 – D19 L10).

Recent history in N17

We've only lost three of our home Premier League clashes against Arsenal going back to 2009 - however, the Gunners have taken the points in the last two meetings at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

08/02/2009 - Spurs 1-1 Arsenal
14/04/2010 - Spurs 2-1 Arsenal
20/04/2011 - Spurs 3-3 Arsenal
02/10/2011 - Spurs 2-1 Arsenal
03/03/2013 - Spurs 2-1 Arsenal
16/03/2014 - Spurs 0-1 Arsenal
07/02/2015 - Spurs 2-1 Arsenal
05/03/2016 - Spurs 2-2 Arsenal
30/04/2017 - Spurs 2-0 Arsenal
10/02/2018 - Spurs 1-0 Arsenal (at Wembley)
02/03/2019 - Spurs 1-1 Arsenal (at Wembley)
12/07/2020 - Spurs 2-1 Arsenal
06/12/2020 - Spurs 2-0 Arsenal
12/05/2022 - Spurs 3-0 Arsenal
15/01/2023 - Spurs 0-2 Arsenal
28/04/2024 - Spurs 2-3 Arsenal

Best of Sonny in the NLD

Match stats

- This will be the 196th meeting between the teams across all competitions - we've won 61, Arsenal 82 with 52 draws. It's the 175th meeting to take place in the top-flight
- We've won 10 of our last 13 home matches in the Premier League - one of those was against Arsenal in April
- Arsenal have won nine of their last 10 Premier League away games (D1), keeping eight clean sheets in that run
- All four of our Premier League games immediately after an international break last season came on home soil, winning three and losing the other against Aston Villa in November, 2023. Indeed, since the start of 2019/20, we've lost just three of our 17 league matches straight after an international break (W9 D5), although one of those defeats did come against the Gunners (3-1 in October, 2022)
- Just one of our last 49 Premier League home games has been drawn (2-2 v Manchester United in April, 2023), and none of the last 22 (W15 L7)
- Of all stadia in Premier League history, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has seen the lowest percentage of draws (9% - 9/101), while it’s hosted more games without ever having a 0-0 than any other (101)
- Heung-Min Son is fourth equal in the NLD's all-time goalscoring list, and third overall Spurs goalscorer in the fixture with eight - only all-time top NLD scorer Harry Kane (14), Emmanuel Adebayor (10) and Bobby Smith (10) have netted more in the fixture