Full Time - Tottenham 2 Arsenal 1

Barclays Premier League
Venue: White Hart Lane
Date: Saturday, 7 February

KO 12:45


TEAM NEWS

Tottenham midfielder Nabil Bentaleb is available to face Arsenal after returning from the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.

It means head coach Mauricio Pochettino has a full complement of players.

Arsenal are again without top scorer Alexis Sanchez because of a hamstring injury, but Danny Welbeck has overcome a thigh problem.

The game has come too soon for Jack Wilshere, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is also among the Gunners' absentees.


MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

•Arsenal won 1-0 at White Hart Lane last season, courtesy of Tomas Rosicky's second-minute goal. It ended a five-match winless streak away at Tottenham (D2, L3).

•Victory for Spurs would represent their 50th league win in North London derbies. This is the 156th league meeting.

•Tottenham have kept just one clean sheet in their last 32 Premier League matches against the Gunners.


Tottenham

•Tottenham are unbeaten in their last six Premier League home matches (W4, D2).

•Their only defeat in nine league matches came away at Crystal Palace on 10 January.

•Spurs have scored 20 goals in all competitions this calendar year, the most of any Premier League side.

•Tottenham have conceded a league-high six penalties in the Premier League this season. Opponents Arsenal have won the most (six).

•Christian Eriksen has scored nine Premier League goals this season, the most by a midfielder.


Arsenal

•The Gunners are on a five-match winning run in all competitions.

•In 10 Premier League matches since the start of December, Arsenal have scored the most goals (23) in the division and earned the most points (22).

•Arsenal are looking to secure back-to-back away Premier League wins for the first time this season.

•Arsene Wenger's side have not conceded a goal in their last three league games, their best run of the season.

•Theo Walcott has scored four and assisted three goals in his last six Premier League appearances against Tottenham.


Line ups:

Tottenham: Lloris (c), Walker, Dier, Vertonghen, Rose; Bentaleb, Mason; Eriksen, Dembele, Lamela; Kane

Subs: Vorm, Davies, Fazio, Chadli, Paulinho, Stambouli, Soldado #COYS


Arsenal: Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker (c), Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Ramsey, Welbeck, Cazorla, Ozil, Giroud

Subs: Arsenal subs: Szczesny, Gibbs, Gabriel, Flamini, Rosicky, Walcott, Akpom


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