Tottenham did not start the season in the best way with one win in the first three rounds. It was at home with a 4-0 victory over Everton. The hosts will now also rely on the recovered new addition Dominic Solanke. Otherwise, Tottenham has won only one of their last seven matches against Arsenal. An interesting fact is that they have not had a draw in their last 22 home games in the Premier League.
Arsenal lost their first pointsAfter two wins by 2-0, Arsenal made their first misstep. It happened in the last round at home against Brighton, which ended in a 1-1 draw, but they played almost the entire second half with one man less. Otherwise, they won 2-0 against Aston Villa in their only visit this season, but also won their last two visits to Tottenham.
Prediction: both teams to scoreBoth teams are capable of scoring and I expect a new relatively high-scoring match between them, which regularly happens in their clashes.
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We are looking at the North London derby, which will be played on Sunday between Tottenham and Arsenal. We must say right away that there are quite a few problems with missing players in the midfield line of the Gunners. There will be changes. Almost the entire midfield line is missing, although not exactly. Declan Rice is suspended, Odegaard is injured, Partey will probably be on the field. But no one knows how the Gunners' team will be arranged. This week Mikel Arteta signed a new three-year contract with the club and many believe that this will be some kind of psychological boost.
In these North London derbies, at the beginning and end of the matches, the hosts always have a certain advantage and control the course of the match. In short, they press the opponent. This will be, in my opinion, the case now as well. It is logical to expect problems in the center of the field for Arsenal and for Tottenham to score an early goal or to score a goal in the first half.
Whether in the second half the Gunners will be able to pass the ball around as we are used to seeing them, whether they will be able to gain an advantage over Tottenham is another matter, but these are generally my expectations for the development of the match. A stronger start for Tottenham and gradually as the match progresses Arsenal to strengthen their performance and possibly towards the end of the match, if the result is not in favor of Tottenham, then Tottenham to press again.
In the end, it seems to me that the match is likely to end in a draw, simply because both teams will seek security, stability. Losing the North London derby is always very bad news and a draw is always preferable.
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