The North London derby: Pride and important points at stake

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 14.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Emirates Stadium (60272 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Premier League table so far. Here's the Arsenal - Tottenham Hotspur latest:

Insights:
  • Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s no shortage of football teams in London, the capital of England (and the United Kingdom). These two clubs are both located in North London and have been through many intense and vicious matches against each other through more than one hundred years of North London derbies. Prepare for a passionate clash!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Arsenal form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Arsenal have to build on here at Emirates Stadium in the Premier League.

1-1 away at Burnley before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Arsenal perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Arsenal as a small favourite), we find three games. Arsenal has won one of these, drawn two and lost zero.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Olympiakos Piraeus are coming to town in four days.

Arsenal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. On the other hand, Arsenal have conceded 14 goals.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Tottenham Hotspur have produced an overall stat of 6-3-4 so far.

Before that, Tottenham Hotspur secured a home win against Crystal Palace with the score 4-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Spurs playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were zero Tottenham Hotspur wins, three draws and two defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Europa League trip to Dinamo Zagreb.

Tottenham Hotspur has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Spurs have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Tottenham Hotspur - Arsenal 2-0, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Arsenal won two, Tottenham Hotspur won five and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Kane
H. Kane
16 goals
Tottenham HotspurH. Son
H. Son
13 goals
ArsenalA. Lacazette
A. Lacazette
9 goals

Arsenal missing players

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 3 13 27
11 5 1 Won W 0 6 13
5 3 1 Drew D 2 3 6
11 5 2 Lost L 1 4 8
35 16 5 Scored S 3 21 46
28 14 7 Conceded C 4 14 28
89% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
63% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 74%
52% 54% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 46% 44%
22% 15% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 26%
4% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 15%
44% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 54% 48%
30% 23% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 33%
37% 46% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.4 1.4
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.8 12.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 11.2 11.3
3.8 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.6
34% 30% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 39% 37%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 29 21 5 3 61 21 16 12 2 2 36 13 13 9 3 1 25 8 40 68
2 Manchester United 28 15 9 4 55 32 13 6 3 4 28 19 15 9 6 0 27 13 23 54
3 Leicester City 28 16 5 7 48 32 13 6 1 6 20 19 15 10 4 1 28 13 16 53
4 Chelsea 28 14 8 6 44 25 14 7 5 2 25 11 14 7 3 4 19 14 19 50
5 West Ham United 27 14 6 7 42 31 14 8 3 3 23 15 13 6 3 4 19 16 11 48
6 Everton 27 14 4 9 39 35 13 5 2 6 18 20 14 9 2 3 21 15 4 46
7 Tottenham Hotspur 27 13 6 8 46 28 14 7 3 4 25 14 13 6 3 4 21 14 18 45
8 Liverpool 28 12 7 9 47 36 15 7 2 6 22 18 13 5 5 3 25 18 11 43
9 Aston Villa 26 12 4 10 38 27 12 5 2 5 20 16 14 7 2 5 18 11 11 40
10 Arsenal 27 11 5 11 35 28 13 5 3 5 16 14 14 6 2 6 19 14 7 38
11 Leeds United 27 11 2 14 43 46 13 5 2 6 19 17 14 6 0 8 24 29 -3 35
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 9 8 11 28 37 13 5 4 4 15 14 15 4 4 7 13 23 -9 35
13 Crystal Palace 28 9 7 12 30 47 14 4 5 5 14 21 14 5 2 7 16 26 -17 34
14 Southampton 28 9 6 13 35 49 13 5 2 6 17 16 15 4 4 7 18 33 -14 33
15 Burnley 28 7 9 12 20 36 15 4 6 5 12 16 13 3 3 7 8 20 -16 30
16 Newcastle United 27 7 6 14 27 44 13 4 3 6 16 22 14 3 3 8 11 22 -17 27
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 5 11 11 27 35 14 1 7 6 13 19 13 4 4 5 14 16 -8 26
18 Fulham 28 5 11 12 22 33 14 2 4 8 8 18 14 3 7 4 14 15 -11 26
19 West Bromwich Albion 28 3 9 16 20 56 15 2 5 8 9 33 13 1 4 8 11 23 -36 18
20 Sheffield United 28 4 2 22 16 45 15 3 1 11 10 22 13 1 1 11 6 23 -29 14

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 29 21 5 3 61 21 16 12 2 2 36 13 13 9 3 1 25 8 40 68
2 Manchester United 28 15 9 4 55 32 13 6 3 4 28 19 15 9 6 0 27 13 23 54
3 Leicester City 28 16 5 7 48 32 13 6 1 6 20 19 15 10 4 1 28 13 16 53
4 Chelsea 28 14 8 6 44 25 14 7 5 2 25 11 14 7 3 4 19 14 19 50
5 West Ham United 27 14 6 7 42 31 14 8 3 3 23 15 13 6 3 4 19 16 11 48
6 Everton 27 14 4 9 39 35 13 5 2 6 18 20 14 9 2 3 21 15 4 46
7 Tottenham Hotspur 27 13 6 8 46 28 14 7 3 4 25 14 13 6 3 4 21 14 18 45
8 Liverpool 28 12 7 9 47 36 15 7 2 6 22 18 13 5 5 3 25 18 11 43
9 Aston Villa 26 12 4 10 38 27 12 5 2 5 20 16 14 7 2 5 18 11 11 40
10 Arsenal 27 11 5 11 35 28 13 5 3 5 16 14 14 6 2 6 19 14 7 38
11 Leeds United 27 11 2 14 43 46 13 5 2 6 19 17 14 6 0 8 24 29 -3 35
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 9 8 11 28 37 13 5 4 4 15 14 15 4 4 7 13 23 -9 35
13 Crystal Palace 28 9 7 12 30 47 14 4 5 5 14 21 14 5 2 7 16 26 -17 34
14 Southampton 28 9 6 13 35 49 13 5 2 6 17 16 15 4 4 7 18 33 -14 33
15 Burnley 28 7 9 12 20 36 15 4 6 5 12 16 13 3 3 7 8 20 -16 30
16 Newcastle United 27 7 6 14 27 44 13 4 3 6 16 22 14 3 3 8 11 22 -17 27
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 5 11 11 27 35 14 1 7 6 13 19 13 4 4 5 14 16 -8 26
18 Fulham 28 5 11 12 22 33 14 2 4 8 8 18 14 3 7 4 14 15 -11 26
19 West Bromwich Albion 28 3 9 16 20 56 15 2 5 8 9 33 13 1 4 8 11 23 -36 18
20 Sheffield United 28 4 2 22 16 45 15 3 1 11 10 22 13 1 1 11 6 23 -29 14

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