The North London Derby is finally upon us – read the preview for the match here, and have your say on the NLD, by visiting the VitalSpurs fan forum here.
Below is the pick of the stats going into Sunday’s encounter at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium:
- The home side has won this fixture in the league in the last six meetings, and you have to go back 19 matches to find the last time the visiting side won in this fixture – Arsenal’s 1-0 win at White Hart Lane in March 2014.
- Indeed the last two away victories in all competitions have both been by Arsenal, with the most recent away win in the fixture being Arsenal’s 2-1 win at White Hart Lane in the League Cup third round in September 2015.
- Harry Kane (265 goals) is one goal away from matching Jimmy Greaves’ record as Spurs’ all-time goalscorer (266 goals), and loves playing Arsenal – he has scored in all but one home game against Arsenal (Spurs’ 2-1 victory over the Gunners during lockdown in July 2020).
- Kane has scored 14 goals against the Gunners in 18 appearances against them, making him the highest goalscorer in this fixture.
- Of those 14 goals, 7 of them have come from the penalty spot, meaning that no player has scored a penalty against more sides in Premiership history than Kane against Arsenal.
- Indeed, Spurs have been awarded 13 penalties in the fixture, scoring 12 of them.
- Spurs have the best second-half record of any Premier League team, with 73 per cent of their goals coming after the break (27 of 37). So far that’s the highest proportion in a season by any team since Portsmouth and Stoke City (both 74 per cent) in 2008-09 (via The Athletic).
- Arsenal have their biggest points haul at this stage of a Premier League season, and have not lost since their solitary league defeat so far at Old Trafford back in September.
- There have been 16 red cards in the fixture in the Premier League era, including 3 in the last 4 encounters.
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