Sunday’s Premier League slate serves us the first North London derby of the season as Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are set to battle at Emirates. Both enter the match-up with unbeaten records.
Bookmaker 10bet has the cards total at 5.5 for the match, offering odds at 1.769 for the over and at 1.95 for the under.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: September 21st, 9:00 A.M. (EST)
Home advantage could be key in the game on Sunday, as six of the last seven meetings between Arsenal and Spurs have been won by the hosts. The Gunners also managed to beat their neighbors away from home last season, but it had been nearly 10 years since the last away league win in this fixture.
Tottenham’s last away win over Arsenal in the Premier League came all the way back in 2010. Will Ange-Ball finally help them to put a stop to the miserable run?
Ange Postecoglou has made a superb start as Spurs manager and will be hoping three’s the charm on Sunday after not winning in his first two London derbies. Brentford battled out a 2-2 draw against Postecoglou’s side in the opening Premier League weekend and Fulham knocked Tottenham out on penalties in the second round of the League Cup.
There have been a couple of bumps in the road for the former Celtic manager but overall, Postecoglou has had a great effect on the Spurs team and his reputation could receive a further boost on Sunday if he managed to find a way to beat Arsenal.
With Harry Kane, who boasts an excellent North London derby record, out of town, could it be the Son show this time? Son Heung-min’s record versus Arsenal is pretty good, too, with him registering five goals and five assists in 18 career appearances in the derby. The Korean ace has been particularly productive in the most recent meetings, producing four goals and four assists in the past eight games.
Son & Co. will face off against a defense that has just recorded back-to-back clean sheets. Mikel Arteta’s men followed up last weekend’s tough 1-0 victory over Everton with a very impressive 4-0 trashing of PSV Eindhoven. The team was firing on all cylinders Wednesday night and looked very scary going forward.
Postecoglou will want to see quality at both ends of the pitch, with Arsenal having an outstanding scoring record at home. The team has netted at least twice in 11 of its past 13 Emirates outings, including in all four this season.
