By Ian King
Hangovers from a difficult weekend?
The Third Spherical of the FA Cup turned out to be a troublesome weekend for each golf equipment. Arsenal had loads of alternatives to kill Manchester United off at The Emirates however didn’t take them and had been finally overwhelmed on penalties. Spurs obtained by, however had been held for greater than 100 minutes by non-league Tamworth. However within the League, there’s a distinct distinction. Arsenal are unbeaten of their final ten Premier League video games, whereas Spurs have solely gained one in all their final eight.
Historical past
There’s, after all, a whole lot of historical past available right here and not too long ago it has been in Arsenal’s favour. They’ve gained six and drawn one of many final eight conferences between the 2, they usually’ve already gained 1-0 at The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this season. However Spurs supporters searching for a bit of encouragement don’t must look again an excessive amount of additional than this. Arsenal gained solely two out of twelve conferences between the 2 golf equipment between November 2015 and December 2020.
Key gamers
Arsenal want targets, and with Gabriel Jesus now injured, consideration will fall upon Raheem Sterling, Kai Havertz, and Leandro Trossard to offer them. Sterling and Trossard had been each nameless in opposition to Manchester United. Havertz could nicely want that he had been.
That Angeball excessive press could imply probabilities for the hosts, and as such the query might be whether or not new Spurs goalkeeper Antonín Kinský can keep his document of getting saved clear sheets in his first two appearances for the membership.
Group Information
The newest participant to look on the Arsenal therapy desk is the aforementioned Gabriel Jesus, who could possibly be out for the remainder of the season after struggling an ACL harm in opposition to Manchester United. He’ll be a part of Ethan Nwaneri, Bukayo Saka, Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu on the wounded record, whereas Riccardo Calafiori missed the Manchester United match with harm and is prone to be absent once more.
There isn’t a lot that Arsenal can educate Spurs about accidents, after all, although not less than they got here by their journey to Tamworth with none new ones. Future Udogie, Ben Davies, Richarlison, Micky van de Ven, Guglielmo Vicario, Wilson Odobert , Cristian Romero and Rodrigo Bentancur will all doubtless be lacking, and though Fraser Forster could also be out there, whether or not he can dislodge Kinský is a distinct matter.
Prediction
Sunday may need highlighted a current difficulty over Arsenal and goalscoring, however how a lot of that is hyperbole? In spite of everything, they’ve solely failed to attain in three of their Premier League matches this season, up to now. And whereas Spurs have sometimes impressed in opposition to the larger golf equipment this season, they’ve pointedly failed to take action when it’s been an area derby, with each Arsenal and Chelsea having already returned from N17 this season with all three factors. Native derbies might be unpredictable, however Arsenal want the factors and a 2-1 house win feels about proper.
(Cowl picture from IMAGO)
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