The North London derby: Pride and important points at stake

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Thu 12.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (62000 seats)

Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal are both successful in the Premier League with their 5th and 4th positions respectively. This could be a fun fixture!

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

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

34 points is a decent return from 17 Premier League games here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for Tottenham Hotspur. The data says 11 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses.

Tottenham Hotspur's last game was hosting Leicester City (placed 14th) and winning 3-1. The attacking player Son won the honour of being "man of the match" for Spurs with the rating of 9.45/10. Son scored two goals, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Brentford the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tottenham Hotspur handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, zero draws and one defeat.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Burnley are coming to town in three days.

Tottenham Hotspur's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Arsenal form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 9 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Arsenal hope to make it five in this match.

Arsenal go into this game after a win, the home game against Leeds United that ended 2-1. The attacker Nketiah got a match rating of 8.7 in that game. Nketiah scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against West Ham United with the score of 2-1.

Arsenal have another fixture that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Premier League match vs Newcastle United. A grim programme for the visiting team!

Arsenal are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 26 times in 17 away games so far. As for defending, Arsenal rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have played previously this season: Arsenal - Tottenham Hotspur 3-1. Previous ten meetings between these contenders: Tottenham Hotspur won five, Arsenal triumphed in three and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Son
H. Son
20 goals
SpursH. Kane
H. Kane
13 goals
ArsenalB. Saka
B. Saka
11 goals

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Arsenal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 4 17 35
19 11 1 Won W 1 9 21
4 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
11 5 2 Lost L 3 7 11
59 34 3 Scored S 6 26 56
39 19 8 Conceded C 14 26 42
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
74% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 77%
59% 71% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 59% 57%
38% 35% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 41% 31%
21% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 75% 35% 17%
38% 41% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 35% 43%
38% 35% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 35% 37%
29% 24% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 35% 26%
 
5.2 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.2 5.3
5.1 4.9 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 4.9 4.5
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.5 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.7 13.4 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 12.8 15.4
5 5 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.5 5.3
35% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 34% 30%
 
13 11.5 16.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.2 12.5 11
3.7 3.5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.8 4.7 3.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Arsenal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tottenham Hotspur haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 35 27 5 3 89 21 18 14 2 2 55 13 17 13 3 1 34 8 68 86
2 Liverpool 35 25 8 2 87 23 18 14 4 0 46 8 17 11 4 2 41 15 64 83
3 Chelsea 35 19 10 6 70 31 17 8 6 3 34 20 18 11 4 3 36 11 39 67
4 Arsenal 35 21 3 11 56 42 18 12 2 4 30 16 17 9 1 7 26 26 14 66
5 Tottenham Hotspur 35 19 5 11 60 40 17 11 1 5 34 19 18 8 4 6 26 21 20 62
6 Manchester United 37 16 10 11 57 56 19 10 5 4 32 22 18 6 5 7 25 34 1 58
7 West Ham United 36 16 7 13 57 46 18 9 4 5 31 24 18 7 3 8 26 22 11 55
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 15 5 15 35 34 17 7 2 8 18 19 18 8 3 7 17 15 1 50
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 11 14 11 38 42 18 4 7 7 16 22 18 7 7 4 22 20 -4 47
10 Crystal Palace 35 10 14 11 46 42 18 6 8 4 26 17 17 4 6 7 20 25 4 44
11 Aston Villa 34 13 4 17 47 47 16 6 3 7 26 25 18 7 1 10 21 22 0 43
12 Brentford 36 12 7 17 44 52 18 7 3 8 21 19 18 5 4 9 23 33 -8 43
13 Newcastle United 36 11 10 15 40 61 18 7 6 5 24 27 18 4 4 10 16 34 -21 43
14 Leicester City 34 11 9 14 49 56 17 8 4 5 27 22 17 3 5 9 22 34 -7 42
15 Southampton 36 9 13 14 41 61 18 6 7 5 22 22 18 3 6 9 19 39 -20 40
16 Everton 34 10 5 19 37 56 17 8 2 7 22 20 17 2 3 12 15 36 -19 35
17 Burnley 35 7 13 15 32 49 18 5 6 7 17 23 17 2 7 8 15 26 -17 34
18 Leeds United 35 8 10 17 39 74 17 4 5 8 18 34 18 4 5 9 21 40 -35 34
19 Watford 35 6 4 25 32 70 17 2 1 14 16 41 18 4 3 11 16 29 -38 22
20 Norwich City 35 5 6 24 22 75 18 3 3 12 12 38 17 2 3 12 10 37 -53 21

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 35 27 5 3 89 21 18 14 2 2 55 13 17 13 3 1 34 8 68 86
2 Liverpool 35 25 8 2 87 23 18 14 4 0 46 8 17 11 4 2 41 15 64 83
3 Chelsea 35 19 10 6 70 31 17 8 6 3 34 20 18 11 4 3 36 11 39 67
4 Arsenal 35 21 3 11 56 42 18 12 2 4 30 16 17 9 1 7 26 26 14 66
5 Tottenham Hotspur 35 19 5 11 60 40 17 11 1 5 34 19 18 8 4 6 26 21 20 62
6 Manchester United 37 16 10 11 57 56 19 10 5 4 32 22 18 6 5 7 25 34 1 58
7 West Ham United 36 16 7 13 57 46 18 9 4 5 31 24 18 7 3 8 26 22 11 55
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 15 5 15 35 34 17 7 2 8 18 19 18 8 3 7 17 15 1 50
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 11 14 11 38 42 18 4 7 7 16 22 18 7 7 4 22 20 -4 47
10 Crystal Palace 35 10 14 11 46 42 18 6 8 4 26 17 17 4 6 7 20 25 4 44
11 Aston Villa 34 13 4 17 47 47 16 6 3 7 26 25 18 7 1 10 21 22 0 43
12 Brentford 36 12 7 17 44 52 18 7 3 8 21 19 18 5 4 9 23 33 -8 43
13 Newcastle United 36 11 10 15 40 61 18 7 6 5 24 27 18 4 4 10 16 34 -21 43
14 Leicester City 34 11 9 14 49 56 17 8 4 5 27 22 17 3 5 9 22 34 -7 42
15 Southampton 36 9 13 14 41 61 18 6 7 5 22 22 18 3 6 9 19 39 -20 40
16 Everton 34 10 5 19 37 56 17 8 2 7 22 20 17 2 3 12 15 36 -19 35
17 Burnley 35 7 13 15 32 49 18 5 6 7 17 23 17 2 7 8 15 26 -17 34
18 Leeds United 35 8 10 17 39 74 17 4 5 8 18 34 18 4 5 9 21 40 -35 34
19 Watford 35 6 4 25 32 70 17 2 1 14 16 41 18 4 3 11 16 29 -38 22
20 Norwich City 35 5 6 24 22 75 18 3 3 12 12 38 17 2 3 12 10 37 -53 21

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.