All eyes will be on north London this Sunday as Tottenham welcome arch-rivals Arsenal for this season’s first instalment of the famous derby.
The two sides enter the clash heading in markedly different directions, with Tottenham top of the league before the weekend’s action and the Gunners languishing in 14th.
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Spurs have to be considered favourites and they will be boosted by the return of 2,000 supporters at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but of course, anything can happen when these two come together.
Tottenham vs Arsenal: Date and kick-off time
This match will be held at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, December 6 and will kick-off at 4.30pm.
talkSPORT will bring you regular updates as the action unfolds.
Tottenham vs Arsenal: TV channel and live stream
The game will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League from 4.15pm.
Sky Sports customers can live stream this via the app using their mobile, tablet or computer devices.
If not, you can purchase a Sky Sports Day Pass from NowTV for £8.99.
Tottenham vs Arsenal: Team news
Tottenham had a number of injury concerns earlier this week but their biggest fear was over star striker Harry Kane – who appeared likely to miss Sunday’s derby.
But manager Jose Mourinho provided a positive update on the England captain’s fitness and tipped him to start against the Gunners.
“I believe he is going to be fit,’ said Mourinho after Thursday’s Europa League draw with LASK.
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However, Hugo Lloris could miss the match, paving the way for Joe Hart to feature in the Premier League for the first time in two years.
The Telepragh reports that Spurs have not confirmed an injury to their No.1, but there is concern he could miss the crucial match.
Despite Kane’s possible return, Erik Lamela is unlikely to be fit while Toby Alderweireld remains a doubt but is back in training following a groin problem.
Arsenal themselves have some injury concerns in the build-up to Sunday’s derby.
David Luiz picked up a head injury against Wolves last weekend, in a nasty collision that saw Raul Jimenez fracture his skull.
The club have posted that he has not suffered a concussion but the cut sustained kept him out of their Europa League win on Thursday.
Furthermore, Thomas Partey has not played since picking up a thigh injury on November 8 against Aston Villa.
He remains a doubt for the Spurs clash but Mikel Arteta announced the midfielder will return to training on Friday in a boost for the Gunners.
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Tottenham vs Arsenal: Match stats and facts
- Tottenham are unbeaten in their last six Premier League home games against Arsenal (W4 D2) since a 0-1 loss in March 2014. It’s their longest unbeaten home league run against the Gunners since a run of nine between January 1960 and January 1968.
- Arsenal have only lost back-to-back Premier League games against Tottenham twice – in May 1993 and November 2010.
- The team scoring first has failed to win 27 of the 51 Premier League meetings between Tottenham and Arsenal that have had at least one goal scored, more than any other fixture in the competition (Spurs failed to win 16/25 games, Arsenal failed to win 11/26 games).
- Tottenham have dropped 42 points from winning positions in Premier League games against Arsenal, more than any side has lost against another in the competition’s history.
- This will be the lowest in the table Arsenal have been going into a north London derby since August 1993, when they sat 21st after just one game before a 1-0 victory at White Hart Lane courtesy of a late Ian Wright header.
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- Tottenham are on the longest current unbeaten run in the Premier League (9 – W6 D3), while only Sheffield United (13) are on a longer run without a win than Arsenal (3 – D1 L2). However, the Gunners are looking to keep three consecutive away clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time since May 2013.
- Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta lost his first game against Spurs in this exact fixture last season – the only manager in Arsenal’s history to lose both of their first two north London derby matches was Bertie Mee back in the 1966-67 season.
- Tottenham manager José Mourinho won his first north London derby match in charge back in July – the only Spurs manager in history to win both of their first two games against Arsenal was Jimmy Anderson back in 1955-56.
- Tottenham manager José Mourinho has never lost a home game against Arsenal in 10 previous meetings in all competitions before (W6 D4) – versus no side has he faced more at home in his career without ever suffering defeat.
- Tottenham striker Harry Kane has scored 10 goals in all competitions against Arsenal – if he scores here, he’ll be the outright highest goalscorer in competitive Arsenal v Tottenham matches in history (currently level with Emmanuel Adebayor and Bobby Smith).
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