Spurs vs Arsenal
Competition: Premier League
Date: 28th April 2024
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Kickoff: 14:00 (BST)
TV: Sky Sports
Team News
Following an impressive start to life in England since his summer move from Udinese, Tottenham left-back has been sidelined for the remainder of the campaign due to a quad injury sustained during the loss at Newcastle.
Postecoglou's options in defence are further restricted by the fitness concerns surrounding , but the Australian stated in his pre-match press conference that the Spaniard is available to feature in some capacity on Sunday.
During a hectic season full of injuries, has benefitted massively from the two-week break in action and is fit to feature at the Emirates after his recent battles with a knee issue.
Goalkeeper (foot), (knee) and (thigh) remain in the Lilywhites' medical room, with all three set to miss the rest of the season.
After suffering a serious knee injury during the first match of the league campaign in August, Arsenal defender found the net on his return to competitive action for the club's Under-21s side on Monday night.
There is serious clamour from Gunners fans for the Dutchman to be included on Sunday, but Arteta has stated that he will make a final decision on the 22-year-old's involvement following Saturday's training session.
Apart from the former Ajax man, there are no injury concerns for the visitors, who are likely to field an unchanged side from the one which demolished Chelsea on Tuesday, meaning that and will be forced to sit on the bench once again.
missed the Wolves clash last weekend as a precaution but played 72 minutes last time out, and the Japan international should be in line for another starting berth here.
Tottenham Hotspur possible starting lineup:
Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Davies; Hojbjerg, Bissouma; Kulusevski, Maddison, Son; Richarlison
Arsenal possible starting lineup:
Raya; White, Gabriel, Saliba, Tomiyasu; Partey, Rice, Odegaard; Saka, Havertz, Trossard
Match Stats
Head-to-head
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Tottenham have won just one of the past six Premier League meetings.
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Arsenal could win consecutive league games at Spurs for the first time since 1988.
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However, Tottenham have lost just two of their last 15 top-flight home fixtures against Arsenal.
Tottenham Hotspur
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Tottenham's 4-0 loss at Newcastle last time out was their heaviest in the Premier League since a 6-1 defeat at St James' Park a year ago.
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They have failed to win three of their last four league home games (D1, L2), following a run of five successive victories at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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Spurs have scored in 25 successive Premier League home matches - it's their third longest run in the division, following sequences of 29 games in 2012 and 2017.
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However, they have conceded 49 league goals this season and could let in 50 or more in back-to-back campaigns for the first time since 2014-15.
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Guglielmo Vicario could become only the second goalkeeper to concede 50 goals in his debut Premier League season with Spurs, after Neil Sullivan in 2000-01.
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Tottenham have gone 12 Premier League home games without a clean sheet, their longest run since September 2003.
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They have kept just two clean Premier League sheets at home - only Burnley and Sheffield United have fewer.
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Son Heung-min scored twice for Spurs in the reverse fixture against Arsenal in September, while only five players have scored more goals in the fixture's history in all competitions than Son's seven. The only player to score multiple goals in both north London derby matches in a league season was Arsenal's Ted Drake in 1934-35.
Arsenal
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Arsenal's midweek win against Chelsea was their 24th of the campaign - their joint most after 34 games of a top-flight season. They have done so three times before, including last season under Mikel Arteta.
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The Gunners have won all 15 league matches in which they have been ahead at half-time this season.
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They have kept a league-high 16 clean sheets this season and could become only the third team to record seven successive away shutouts in the Premier League, emulating Chelsea in 2008 and Manchester United in 2009.
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However, Arsenal have never kept a clean sheet in consecutive league visits to Spurs; they won this fixture 2-0 last season.
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Kai Havertz has scored 11 Premier League goals this season, at least three more than in any of his previous three campaigns with Chelsea.
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Leandro Trossard has scored three Premier League goals in his last four appearances.
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Bukayo Saka could become the first English player to score home and away for Arsenal against Spurs in a league fixture since Ian Wright in 1993-94.
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Martin Odegaard has been involved in six goals in his last six Premier League away games, scoring three and assisting three.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
Spurs have won just one of the last six derbies, losing four.
Tottenham wins: 67
Draw: 55
Arsenal wins: 86
Pundit Predictions
Chris Sutton
Arsenal bounced back superbly from their defeat by Aston Villa with wins over Wolves and Chelsea and I am expecting more of the same here.
They should win this because of the way they are playing and also because I just don't think Tottenham have been at their best in their past few games, even the ones they have won.
It will still be really keenly contested, but the Gunners have a great balance in attack and defence and that might give them the edge.
If Arsenal do come out on top, it would be an enormous win for them in the title race and keep the heat on Manchester City.
I have no doubt Mikel Arteta's side will win their final three games too - Bournemouth (home), Manchester United (away) and Everton (home) - but it will not be enough if City keep winning too.
Sutton's prediction: 1-2
Paul Merson
Tottenham have been superb at home this season but if you look at their last ten results - they've faced nine bottom half teams! Manchester City were the only top-half team they faced in that period and they lost that game, so I can't see them getting anything out of this one.
Arsenal are just a better football team, so I'm very bullish on this one. I'll be shocked if the Gunners don't win this one as Spurs can't beat Arsenal at their own game. When Arsenal lost to Aston Villa, they changed their team around by moving Kai Havertz into a midfield role to accommodate Gabriel Jesus, a move which ultimately backfired. In recent weeks, they've gone back to Havertz up front with Thomas Partey, Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard in midfield - that is the team they must retain for the rest of the season!
Prediction: Tottenham 1-3 Arsenal
Mark Lawrenson
This is arguably Arsenal’s biggest game all season, given that it’s at Tottenham and they’re going for the title. Spurs have stuttered a bit but I’m going to go for an entertaining draw. The North London Derbies are normally pretty good to watch. Tottenham 2-2 Arsenal.
Robbie Savage
It’s the big one, it’s the North London derby. Spurs, who have scored in every home Premier League game this season, take on Arsenal with the best away record in the league.
Arsenal don’t have a good record when they visit Spurs. They’ve only won one of their last eight.
There’s going to be goals. Arsenal are absolutely flying. But I’m going to go with a 2-2 draw.