This Sunday, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are set to clash in the highly anticipated North London Derby at the Emirates Stadium. Both teams boast similar records, with 13 points each from their opening five Premier League games.
Arsenal enters this mouthwatering encounter with great momentum, having secured a resounding 4-0 victory over PSV in the midweek Champions League fixture. However, while their performance in European competition has been impressive, their goalscoring prowess in the league leaves much to be desired. Arsenal is the only team among the top seven that has yet to hit double digits in goals scored.
Under Mikel Arteta’s guidance, Arsenal has adopted a slightly more conservative approach to their attacking play. Despite this, even the most optimistic Spurs fans will not be expecting the Gunners to remain on nine top-flight goals for too long.
On the other hand, Tottenham continues their unbeaten run in the league since Ange Postecoglou took charge, with Manchester City being the only team to outperform them so far this season.
This upcoming derby will mark the 208th competitive meeting between Arsenal and Spurs since their first clash in 1896. In recent encounters, Arsenal has been the dominant force, winning four out of the last five meetings. Tottenham, on the other hand, has endured a 13-year-long drought without a top-flight victory on Arsenal’s home turf.
Notably, this will be the first North London Derby without Arsenal’s tormentor-in-chief, Harry Kane. Arteta acknowledges Kane’s influence, stating, “Well obviously he’s a special player and everything was going through him. He was the one that glued everything together and he did it in many different ways from many different areas of the pitch. Now it’s a bit different.”
Arteta further notes that Tottenham has undergone a change in style under the last two coaches. He emphasizes their unique movements and strategies with certain players, highlighting the significant differences between this new Tottenham squad and those of the past.
As anticipation builds for this clash of titans, football fans from London and beyond eagerly await what promises to be a thrilling encounter between two fierce rivals fighting for bragging rights and supremacy in North London.
