Why arsenal is better than tottenham

In games between them, Arsenal have won more, beating Tottenham 76 times. Spurs have won 56 of the matches and there have been 49 draws. The Gunners won the last meeting - their 76th victory - on November 18 when they won at the Emirates Stadium, with goals coming from Shkodran Mustafi and Alexis Sanchez. Arsenal fans have created a tongue-in-cheek day of celebration for when it is mathematically impossible for Tottenham finish above them in the league. The unofficial 'holiday' is known as St Totteringham's Day and it is basically an excuse to lord it over their rivals.

The concept first appeared on fan websites in the early s and subsequently gathered notoriety through the decade before gaining mainstream recognition in St Totteringham's Day famously did not occur in On April 30 of that year Spurs defeated the Gunners in the final North London derby at White Hart Lane, a result which ensured that they would finish above their rivals for the first time in 22 years.

The two teams have been involved in some memorable matches over the years and they have inflicted plenty of heartache on each other too. League titles have been decided in games between them and they have come up against each other on a number of occasions in the latter stages of the FA Cup.

Below is a selection of some of the most enduring encounters between Arsenal and Tottenham. When the sides met in the final game of the season in , Arsenal needed a goalless draw or a win to clinch the First Division title ahead of Leeds United. They managed to pull off a result, winning thanks to a Ray Kennedy goal, allowing them to secure glory on the turf of their bitter rivals.

A day that is known as St Hotspur Day in Tottenham fan lore, the FA Cup semi-final between the teams produced a remarkable game of football. Its boards and manager should summarily be dismissed. Here's another complaint :. Arsenal will suck because they are the only one following most of the rules. My problem with the reality is that all these other teams seem to be thriving in the present situation but Arsenal is not. This person advocated for a middle ground from the "crap"—as he saw it—that had become Arsenal's financial policy.

And why not? But if you asked what the middle ground should be beside what Arsenal were already doing, which had enabled them to retain their status as one of the top clubs in Europe, the answers quickly became disjointed, no matter the attempt to couch them in logic. A clever one pointed at Newcastle United as an example of a club Arsenal should better emulate. I must confess that I could not believe my ears when I heard that, but I was more astounded when I heard the echoes of approval.

A census of clubs' spending in the transfer market in what came to be called Arsenal's trophy-less years—six seasons leading to the time of this writing—showed Newcastle ahead of Arsenal. In terms of achievement, in those trophy-less years, Newcastle had never finished above Arsenal, despite outspending them in the transfer market.

In fact, Newcastle had even suffered the humiliation of relegation in that period. The person who brought up this example based his assessment on a single season —the one that had brought about the virulent voices of discontent—which at the time, and at the time of this writing, was as yet unfinished. The folly of this example became multiplied by the choruses that lauded its wisdom. Then the example shifted to Spurs and why, because in the current season, Arsenal's neighbor and rival were having a good season after 16 years of constantly finishing beneath Arsenal.

For my critics, one brilliant season equals a better a club, years of better achievements be damned. Vote Tottenham Hotspur. At the moment Arsenal FC has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of interceptions and 42 blocks.

Based on this statistics we believe that Arsenal FC has currently the best defense. To analyse the best strikers of teams we look at the amount of goals, shots on goal and an interesting metric called expected goal value Xg value — measure who the probability of a chance to turn into a goal.

Arsenal FC has scored in this season so far 12 goals and 45 shots on goal. Tottenham Hotspur scored 9 and 38 shots on goal. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 3. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 2. Head to head comparison: Last matches. Sep 26, Post-Match Analysis. Oct 02, Oct 18, Oct 22, Oct 30, Tottenham Hotspur vs. Oct 03, Oct 17, Oct 24, Arsenal FC vs. Nov 20, Liverpool FC.