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xG Tottenham vs Manchester City 2024 Attendance 61,065 May 14 | Son missed chance

Big Son miss Spurs missed chance vs Man City 2024

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Spurs vs Man City (Crowd attendance of 61,065 on May 14, 2024). Two high xG goals from Man City, and Spurs were left ruing a miss from Heung-Min Son in the 86th minute.

xG Spurs 0.85-2.14 Man City shots map (Actual score TOT 0-2 MCI)

0-1 Haaland first goal vs Spurs xG 0.95
0-2 Haaland second goal vs Spurs xG 0.80

Son missed chance vs Man City xG 0.26

A bulk of City’s xG came from the two Haaland goals- their next best chance apart from that went to Foden (16th minute xG 0.15) and De Bruyne (47th minute xG 0.11)

xG Tottenham vs Man City 2024

Apart from Son’s chance, Spurs had half chances for Bentancur (6th minute) and Kulusevski (71st minute)

Spurs vs Man City 0-2 Match Stats for comparison

(THFC stats on left; MCI match stats on right)

As you can see Spurs edged possession and were ahead in most of the other metrics.

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White vs Vicario, Possession & Match Stats in favour of home side & more- Talking Points from Tottenham 2-3 Arsenal

Mikel Arteta became the first Arsenal manager to win back-to-back away league games at Spurs in the modern Premier League era as his side beat Ange Postecoglou’s men 3-2 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Arteta opted to keep faith with the same XI that had thrashed Chelsea 5-0 in midweek while Spurs made three changes, with Destiny Udogie, Yves Bissouma and Brennan Johnson dropping out and Ben Davies, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Dejan Kulusevski coming into the starting XI.

Here are our talking points from the big NLD.

Ben White vs Vicario

White made a nuisance of himself at corner time, distracting Spurs goalkeeper Vicario and indirectly having a hand in both goals that the Gunners scored from set-pieces in this game. A little bit of the dark arts from the Arsenal right-back (he even attempted to intefere with Vicario’s gloves just before the first goal!), but one could also argue that Spurs’ players should’ve protected their goalkeeper better.

Ben White vs Vicario

Ben White distracting Vicario

Possession and match stats in favour of home side

Spurs were clearly the dominant side in the first half, with 72% of possession and more than 3x the number of passes, but bizarrely trailed 3-0 at the interval, with Arsenal punishing the Lilywhites for every little mistake they made.

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xG Tottenham vs Arsenal 2024 Attendance 61,554 | Expected Goals Stats Spurs 2-3 AFC

Son chance v Arsenal 2024

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats for Spurs v Arsenal (Official crowd attendance of 61,554 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 28 April, 2024).

Three massive points for Arsenal on the back of a strong first-half performance, but they were given a scare at the end after two errors from David Raya and Declan Rice allowed Spurs back into the game.

xG Tottenham 2.19-1.04 Arsenal shots map (Actual score THFC 2-3 AFC)

0-1 Hojbjerg own goal (no xG for an own goal)
0-2 Saka goal v Spurs xG 0.22
0-3 Havertz header goal vs Spurs xG 0.34
1-3 Romero goal vs Arsenal xG 0.14
2-3 Son penalty goal vs Arsenal xG 0.80

Spurs vs Arsenal xG 2024

Apart from then goal, Spurs had decent chances through Romero header 20th minute (hit post), Son 45th minute (wide), and Romero again (51st minute header). But Spurs’ first shot on target (after 10 odd previous shots) in the game was the Romero goal.

First half possession stats: Tottenham 72 % Arsenal 28%
Second half possession stats: Tottenham 52 % Arsenal 48%

Spurs made nearly 3x the number of passes that Arsenal did in the first half, but the second half number was pretty equal.

Tottenham vs Arsenal 2-3 Match Stats for comparison

(THFC on left; AFC match stats on right)

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