Arsenal v Tottenham Preview – Can Villa-Boas’ Men Earn Their Spurs At The Emirates?
Kick Off: Sunday 1st September
Live on TV: 4.00pm Sky Sports 1
The current Premier League season has barely got off the ground, but the curtain will be well and truly raised on Sunday, with two sets of bitter rivals going toe-to-toe. First up is Liverpool’s clash with Manchester United at Anfield. Then Arsenal welcome Tottenham – actually, ‘welcome’ is probably not the right word – to the Emirates. It’ll be a ‘Super Sunday’ alright.
Since the inception of the Premier League, matches between Arsenal and Spurs have yielded a total of 124 goals – more than any other head-to-head in the English top-flight under its current guise – and 13 of the last 14 north London derbies have delivered over 2.5 goals (Paddy Power go 8/11 that it’ll be more of the same this weekend), while the last two fixtures in the Gunners’ backyard have produced no less than 14 goals.