The first North London Derby of the season between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal takes place on Sunday in a game that could have huge implications for both sides' seasons - even this early on.
This match is set to be the 210th competitive game between Spurs and Arsenal.
The Gunners have a huge advantage over their bitter rivals having won 87 of those games. This to Tottenham’s 67 wins. There have also been 55 draws in that time.
Arsenal are unbeaten in the last 4 games against Spurs with Tottenham’s last victory in a North London Derby coming in May 2022. Will that change this weekend?
Both sides come into this game with a number of issues that could affect their starting lineups for this match.
Dominic Solanke, Richarlison, and Yves Bissouma are all doubts for Ange Postecoglu’s side having picked up knocks in recent weeks.
Arsenal on the other hand have a huge injury list as it stands. Martin Odegaard, Mikel Merino, Kieran Tierney, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Gabriel Jesus are all guaranteed absentees through injury. Riccardo Calafiori is also a doubt having picked up a knock while on international duty with Italy.
Declan Rice is also expected to miss this game through suspension following his red card against Brighton in the previous match.
Tottenham Hotspur - Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Micky Van de Ven, Christian Romero, Destiny Udogie, Pape Matar Sarr, Rodrigo Bentancur, Brennan Johnson, James Maddison, Son Heung-Min, Dejan Kulusevski
Arsenal - David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Jorginho, Thomas Partey, Ethan Nwaneri, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Martinelli
Since moving across London, Kai Havertz has proven a lot of football fans wrong and we would expect him to do the same in this game as well.
Havertz has claimed 2 goals and an assist for Arsenal so far this season. This adding to his 13 goals and 7 assists from last campaign.
A rejuvenated player under Mikel Arteta, if anyone is to impact on this game it is sure to be Kai Havertz.
North London Derbies are so often close affairs. With neither side having a real advantage over the other. After all, anything could happen.
However Arsenal do come into this game on superb form and as they look to battle for the Premier League title once again this year it is games like this that can determine things. They will be incredibly up for this game and will most likely come away with all 3 points. As they so often do against Spurs.
That is why our team of professional tipping experts are backing odds of 11/8 on Arsenal To Win in this game. £10 has the potential to return up to £23.75 making it our best value pick.
This game is set to get underway at 14:00 pm UK Time on Sunday 15th September 2024. And in the UK you can check out all of the action live on Sky Sports Premier League.
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