STAR FOOTBALL PREVIEW Sun: Tottenham v Arsenal

One of the fiercest rivalries in English football is renewed at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday afternoon as Spurs take on Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, writes JOE CITRONE.

I think it would be fair to say that it has been an underwhelming start to the season for Spurs, who after three games, have one win, one draw and one defeat to their name; leaving them in 13th-place in the Premier League at the time of writing.

Of course, it is still incredibly early to be looking at league tables, but Ange Postecoglou will likely be hoping to see more from his side and probably will have been hoping for a faster start to the campaign.

In their most recent outing, a late Alexander Isak goal condemned Spurs to a frustrating 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United at St James’ Park and they will be looking to bounce back from that as they attempt to win the bragging rights from their local rivals on Sunday.

One of their big summer signings, Dominic Solanke, has been missing in recent weeks from an injury. Postecoglou will be hoping that the former Bournemouth striker will be passed fit to play here to provide his side with a bit more firepower.

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Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal
Premier League
14:00 Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League / Sky Sports Ultra HDR

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HEAD-TO-HEAD
APR 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE Tottenham 2-3 Arsenal
SEP 2023 PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal 2-2 Tottenham
JAN 2023 PREMIER LEAGUE Tottenham 0-2 Arsenal
OCT 2022 PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham
MAY 2022 PREMIER LEAGUE Tottenham 3-0 Arsenal

TOTTENHAM
SEP 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE Newcastle 2-1 Tottenham
AUG 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE Tottenham 4-0 Everton
AUG 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE Leicester 1-1 Tottenham
MAY 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE Sheff Utd 0-3 Tottenham
MAY 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE Tottenham 0-2 Man City

ARSENAL
AUG 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal 1-1 Brighton
AUG 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal
AUG 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal 2-0 Wolves
MAY 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal 2-1 Everton
MAY 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE Man Utd 0-1 Arsenal

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Arsenal will be missing a couple of key players for this North London derby, but will still be hopeful of maintaining their unbeaten start to the new Premier League campaign.

Declan Rice is suspended for this one after his controversial sending-off against Brighton last time out and Martin Odegaard is also likely to miss out after picking an ankle injury whilst on international duty with Norway.

Some reconfiguring of the midfield will now be required by Arteta which may require Kai Havertz to drop back and, if Gabriel Jesus is not deemed fit, either Leandro Trossard or new signing Raheem Sterling to fill in up-front.

At their strongest, Arsenal would have the beating of Spurs I reckon, but I do think those two key absentees will make a huge impact on this one. At 7/4 with starsports.bet, I like the look of a Spurs win here.

Also, seeing as this is a derby and likely to be a feisty affair, I will also be backing over 5.5 bookings at even money with starsports.bet.

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