📊 Form Guide

Arsenal

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Arsenal head into this game after a 1-1 FA Cup tied result versus Manchester United.

In that match, Arsenal managed 70% possession and 24 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer for Arsenal was Gabriel Magalhães (63'). At the other end, Manchester United had 7 shots on goal with 4 on target. Bruno Fernandes (52') was the scorer for Manchester United. Manchester United ran out winners after a 3-5 penalty shootout.

It’s been seldom in recent games that Arsenal haven’t conceded. The facts show that Arsenal have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 6 goals on the way.

Taking a look at their past results, Arsenal:

• have not been beaten in the league by Tottenham Hotspur in their previous 5 games.
• are unbeaten in their last 12 league matches at home. They have been so resilient here.

Tottenham Hotspur

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Tottenham Hotspur come into this game after a 0-3 FA Cup win to defeat Tamworth in their last fixture.

In that game, Tottenham Hotspur managed 77% possession and 17 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Tottenham Hotspur, the scorers were Dejan Kulusevski (107') and Brennan Johnson (118'). On the other side, Tamworth had 13 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Nathan Tshikuna (101' Own goal) was the scorer for Tamworth. The game was won by Tottenham Hotspur in extra time.

Proving their fondness for action-packed encounters, we’ve had goals 21 times in the previous 6 games in which Tottenham Hotspur have sent out their troops, giving a mean average of 3.5 goals for each meeting. Their opponents have got 11 of those goals. That trend won’t necessarily be sustained here, of course.

Coming into this clash, Tottenham Hotspur haven't won against Arsenal when they have played them away from home in the previous 13 matches in the league. A shocking away run it has been.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 12/05/2022 shows that Arsenal have won 4 of these and Tottenham Hotspur 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

In all, 19 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 11 for The Gunners and 8 netted by Spurs. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 4 on 15/09/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Arsenal.

In that game, Tottenham Hotspur managed 64% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.

Arsenal had 7 shots at goal with 4 on target. Gabriel Magalhães (64') was the scorer.

The referee was Jarred Gillett.

📋 Team News: Arsenal

Ben White (Knee surgery), Ethan Nwaneri (Muscle injury), Riccardo Calafiori (Muscle injury), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Knee injury), Bukayo Saka (Hamstring injury) and Gabriel Jesus (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be able to feature for Arsenal gaffer Mikel Arteta.

We are thinking that The Gunners will probably line up in a 4-3-3 system for the game, handing starts to David Raya, Jurrien Timber, William Saliba, Gabriel, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Oedegaard, Thomas Partey, Declan Rice, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard.

📰 Team News: Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Micky van de Ven (Hamstring injury), Destiny Udogie (Hamstring injury), Cristian Romero (Hamstring injury), Rodrigo Bentancur (unknown injury), Guglielmo Vicario (Ankle surgery), Ben Davies (Hamstring injury), Timo Werner (Hamstring injury), Fraser Forster (Ill) and Wilson Odobert (Hamstring injury) are those who can’t be considered.

We reckon that Spurs will likely elect for a 4-3-3 system with a starting lineup of Antonin Kinsky, Pedro Porro, Radu Dragusin, Archie Gray, Djed Spence, Pape Sarr, Yves Bissouma, Lucas Bergvall, Dejan Kulusevski, Dominic Solanke and Heung-Min Son.

💭 Prediction

Tottenham Hotspur will do well to be getting goals against a Arsenal outfit who will likely get the goals that they need to set up a big win here.

We are predicting a convincing 3-0 margin for Arsenal at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 19:01 15/01/2025