Tottenham vs Arsenal Women player ratings: Russo tops the scores as Stanway, Foord and Pelova impress

Alessia Russo leads the Tottenham vs Arsenal Women player ratings after helping the Gunners come from behind to win the north London derby 2-1.

Russo supplied Georgia Stanway’s equaliser before converting the winning penalty. Cathinka Tandberg had opened the scoring for Tottenham.

Below are the full-time ratings from FotMob’s match centre, followed by our assessment of the decisive contributions. The numerical scores are FotMob’s statistical ratings out of 10.

Arsenal Women player ratings

Player	Rating
Misa Rodríguez	6.5
Emily Fox	7.3
Leah Williamson	6.9
Steph Catley	6.8
Taylor Hinds	6.9
Kyra Cooney-Cross	7.5
Georgia Stanway	8.2
Lisa Baum	7.6
Olivia Smith	6.4
Caitlin Foord	8.1
Alessia Russo	8.6

Arsenal substitutes

Player	Rating
Ona Batlle	6.8
Élisa de Almeida	6.2
Stina Blackstenius	NR
Smilla Holmberg	NR

NR indicates that FotMob did not assign a rating.

Tottenham Women player ratings

Player	Rating
Lize Kop	6.7
Alice Sombath	6.1
Tōko Koga	6.1
Caitlin Dijkstra	6.8
Julie Blakstad	7.0
Eveliina Summanen	6.3
Drew Spence	6.4
Matilda Vinberg	6.9
Victoria Pelova	8.1
Signe Gaupset	6.4
Cathinka Tandberg	7.5

Tottenham substitutes

Player	Rating
Ella Morris	5.4
Kirsty Hanson	5.8
Shekiera Martinez	5.9
Olivia Holdt	6.3

Russo makes the decisive contributions

Russo’s influence is clear from the goals. Her cutback allowed Stanway to equalise, before she took responsibility from the penalty spot and sent Kop the wrong way.

The penalty followed an attacking sequence in which Baum struck the post before the ball hit Morris’s raised arm, as detailed in the Guardian’s match report.

For Arsenal, the significance was converting a recovery into a victory. In their previous league match, Olivia Smith’s equaliser against Birmingham had rescued only a point.

Russo’s winner ensured this comeback produced the result Slegers needed.

Stanway responds, while Pelova supplies Spurs’ breakthrough

Stanway’s equaliser mattered beyond the quality of the finish. Arsenal had fallen behind again, but her response prevented Tottenham from taking their lead into half-time.

Pelova provided the delivery for Tandberg’s opening header. That combination gave Spurs their opportunity to end a difficult sequence of results, although they could not protect the advantage.

The scores also place Foord among Arsenal’s leading performers. They offer a useful statistical perspective alongside the decisive goal involvements, without proving that any single player controlled every aspect of the contest.

A derby win to build on

Arsenal ended their five-match winless WSL run and moved to sixth at full-time, as confirmed in Sky Sports’ report.

Our analysis of Arsenal’s winless run examined their difficulty turning attacking pressure into victories. This result provides a response, although conceding first again shows why one afternoon cannot settle every concern.

For Tottenham, a third successive league defeat leaves Martin Ho seeking a recovery of his own.

How these ratings were produced

The numerical ratings are attributed to FotMob and reproduced consistently throughout this article. The accompanying analysis is based on verified match reporting. Statistical ratings offer one assessment of performance and should be read alongside the match context.