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Every Premier League fan will be waiting for the September 27th as traditional rivals take on each other with Everton travelling to Anfield in a Merseyside derby while Arsenal host their north London rivals, on a mouth-watering Super Saturday. In these types of games, 3 points are secondary. What matters the most is the pride and the bragging rights.
The Gunners embark on their first north London derby of the season. Last season they did the double over Spurs in the league, winning both home and away game by the scoreline 1-0. Arsenal also defeated Spurs in the second round of the FA Cup, which they eventually went on to win and ended the trophy drought of silverware.
Team Performance in the EPL
| Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | GF | GA | |
| Arsenal at home | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Tottenham away from home | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Arsenal started their season with a London derby against Crystal Palace. Aaron Ramsey won the game for the Gunners as he scored in 90th minute. After this match, Arsenal drew 3 matches on the trot, both away games against Everton and Leicester City and home game against champions Manchester City. They travelled to the Midlands last weekend, thrashing Aston Villa 3-0. But in games on either side of that victory, Arsenal were outplayed by Borussia Dortmund in a 2-0 loss at Westfalenstadion and knocked out of the Capital One Cup by Southampton few days ago.
Arsene Wenger is yet to find best formation for this Arsenal side as they have plenty of players who desire to play in the middle. They have plenty of strength in the midfield but they lack genuine winger. As always, this team is cursed with injuries and have no cover for the defenders. Calum Chambers have to play as the right back as Mathieu Debuchy is ruled out for two months while Nacho Monreal will return to the action after international break. They sold Thomas Vermaelen and didn’t replace him. The defensive midfield also looks shaky with club captain Mikel Arteta not performing up to the expectations and only dodgy Flamini is the other alternative to play ahead of the defence. Return of Abou Diaby is a good thing to plug the holes in that position but he has to stay fit.
So far this season in EPL
| ARSENAL | TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR | |
| 4 | Position | 9 |
| 5 | Matches Played | 5 |
| 63 | Average Possession (%) | 61 |
| 87 | Passing Accuracy (%) | 85.3 |
| 42.9 | Shooting Accuracy (%) | 46 |
| 1 | Clean Sheets | 2 |
| 75 | Tackles Won (%) | 83.5 |
| 13/0 | Yellow/Red Cards | 3/1 |
On the other hand, Spurs also had inconsistent start to their campaign. After bright start to the League season, as they won first two games, they faltered on the road as they failed to win the next three. They drew against Partizan Belgrade in UEFA Europa League in the midweek before losing at White Hart Lane by the hands of West Bromwich Albion. Spurs ended their four match winless run in all competitions as they beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 in the Capital One Cup. Midfielder Andros Townsend returned after a slight injury in Wednesday night’s win over Forest.
Right-back Kyle Walker remains the only major absentee as he recovers from pelvic injury. The last time Spurs won a game on Arsenal’s turf was in November 2010. Arsenal did lead the game by 2-0 till the half time. But goals in the latter half from Bale, van der Vaart and a winner from Younus Kaboul in 85th minute sealed the victory for the Lillywhites. Mauricio Pochettino will hope that his side turn up on the day.
Former Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor, Christian Eriksen, Erik Lamela and Nacer Chadli are all set to make it to the starting lineup as they were rested by the Argentine for the league cup game.
Key Stats
- Arsenal took 25 points from their 10 London derbies in the Premier League last season (W8 D1 L1) and defeated Crystal Palace on the opening weekend this season.
- Six of Tottenham’s seven league points this season have come in London derbies.
- If there are four goals in this game then it will become the outright highest scoring fixture in Premier League history (currently 126 goals).
- Seven points from five games is Tottenham’s slowest start since gaining just two under Juande Ramos in 2008-09.
- Arsenal (154) and Tottenham (125) are first and third respectively for dribbles attempted this season.
- Emmanuel Adebayor has scored more goals than any other player in north London derby history (8 for Arsenal and 2 for Spurs).
- Arsenal have won four of their last five Premier League games against Tottenham (two 1-0 wins and two 5-2 wins).
- Tottenham have won just one of their last 21 Premier League games away at Arsenal.
- Arsenal last failed to score at home to Spurs in the Premier League in November 1998. Since then the Gunners have scored 38 times in 15 games.
- Tottenham have conceded six penalties in the Premier League in 2014, only Manchester United have conceded as many.
Match Officials
- Referee: Michael Oliver
- Assistants: S Burt, J Brooks
- Fourth Official: C Pawson
