Son Heung-min record vs. Arsenal
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Played: 21
Won: 6
Drawn: 6
Lost: 9
Goals: 8
Assists: 2
Son Heung-min never pitted his wits against Arsenal while donning the Bayer Leverkusen strip, but he has since become accustomed to tough tests against the Gunners, whom he has taken on 21 times in a North London derby setting for Tottenham Hotspur.
The South Korean has only been on the correct end of the scoreline six times, in addition to six draws and nine defeats, and he has curiously only managed to complete the full 90 minutes in five of those contests.
However, with Harry Kane - the top scorer in North London derbies with a staggering 14 efforts - now bursting nets in Germany, the onus is even more on Spurs' skipper to continue his own penchant for scoring in NLDs, having managed eight of his own in addition to two assists.
Son's three most recent strikes against Arsenal all came in 2023-24, including a penalty in his last game against them and a first derby brace in their September showdown at the Emirates.
Son's double came after he failed to contribute to a goal in both defeats in 2022-23, but he was on target in both fixtures in the 2021-22 campaign and scored and assisted in a 2-0 home win in December 2020, when a handful of supporters were present to watch his long-range beauty sail in.
The ex-Leverkusen man had identical involvements in a July 2020 home victory, cancelling out an Alexandre Lacazette rocket and assisting Toby Alderweireld's winner, both of which coincidentally marked his 10th goals and 10th assists for that league campaign.
That fixture ended Son's excruciating run of Premier League derby blanks, though, as he had failed to score or assist in his first nine top-flight matches against Arsenal - in addition to an unproductive cameo in a 2-1 EFL Cup defeat in 2015 - although he netted in a 2-0 win in the same tournament in 2018 to break his 10-game duck in all competitions versus the men in red.
Ben Knapton
