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Full Record of Spurs -v- Arsenal
 
Prem          Pl  W   D   L  For-Ag  Pts
Home          33 13  12   8  47 -41  51
Away          34  2  12  20  36 -71  18
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Total(Prem)   67 15  24  28  83 -112 69  1.03 Pts per game
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Football Lge
Home(Div 1)   55 24  12  19  93 -83  63
Away(Div 1)   55 16  12  27  65 -85  46
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Total(Div 1) 110 40  24  46 158 -168 109
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Total(Prem)   67 15  24  28  83 -112 69
Total(Div 1) 110 40  24  46 158 -168 109
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Grand Total  177 56  48  74 241 -280 179
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Last Six Premier League results:-

Spurs       -     LLDDLL           

B'mouth    3-2    Spurs
Spurs      1-2    West Ham
Burnley    2-2    Spurs
Spurs      2-2    Man City
Man Utd    2-0    Spurs
Spurs      1-2    Newcastle

Arsenal       -    DLWWDD

Nottm Fst  0-0    Arsenal
Arsenal    2-3    Man Utd
Leeds      0-4    Arsenal
Arsenal    3-0    S'derland
Brentford  1-1    Arsenal
Wolves     2-2    Arsenal

Pos           P  W  D  L   F-A   GD  Pts
 1. Arsenal   27 17  7  3  52-20   32   58
16. Spurs     26  7  8 11  36-37   -1   29

This is a monster game Igor!

A lot has happened since we lost our seventh home game of the season to Newcastle on 10th February. Thomas Frank was sacked the next morning and Spurs took a few days before they announced the appointment of an interim coach - Igor Tudor. Tudor has a history of putting life into out of form teams in Europe, but no Premier League credentials.

A lot has been written about Spurs and their new appointment in this interim period, during which Arsenal (who drew at Brentford on 10th February) thrashed League One side Wigan in the FA Cup, but stumbled at Molineux, surrendering a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 against the stranded bottom side in the league.

For good measure, the gooners have drawn another League One side - Mansfield - away in the FA Cup Fifth Round.

Arsenal's 2-2 draw against Wolves gives Manchester City control of their title chances going into this weekend's games. They play Newcastle at home tomorrow (Saturday) night, and have yet to play Arsenal (at home) in April.

Before then the two leading contenders for the Premier League title will meet in the Carabao Cup Final in one month's time, which is why Arsenal played Wolves this week. At this time, with both clubs already in the Champions League Round of 16 (as are Spurs!), both Arsenal and City can talk of a quadruple.

Arsenal fans might fancy an unprecedented "double" - winning the League title and seeing Spurs relegated. It has happened once before in the 1930s and the heyday of Herbert Chapman (once a Spurs player):-

 Arsenal              Spurs

1st 30/31   Div 1   3rd  Div 2
1st 32/33   Div 1   2nd  Div 2
1st 33/34   Div 1   3rd  Div 1
1st 34/35   Div 1   22nd Div 1 and relegated

It is truly horrible to contemplate such an event. However, plenty has been written in the media since our last defeat about the prospect of relegation, despite the chances of such an event standing at around 3% at the moment.

Igor will have the fans behind him on Sunday (4.30pm - SKY), and will already know what a monster game he has for his debut. He has been appointed not to beat Arsenal, but to keep us in the Premier League. He is, of course, massively hampered by the continuing absence of 12 first teamers, including two of our three first choice centre-backs. I do not believe anyone is returning this week, although Pedro Porro and Richarlison are said to be closest to fitness.

Igor favours a 3-5-2, but may have to adjust for this game. The team might read:- Vicario; Dragusin, Palhinha, Van de Ven (Capt.); Gray, Sarr, Gallagher, Spence; Xavi; Kolo Muani, Solanke. Tudor has worked with Kolo Muani before. The coach will seek to have Spurs on the front foot.

Arsenal have beaten us in 7 of our last 9 meetings. Our last win was the momentous 3-0 in May 2022 under Antonio Conte. Arsenal have now won four consecutive Premier League games against us for the first time. Last season they achieved their fifth Premier League double over Spurs. We achieved that feat just once in the 92/93 season.

Bournemouth achieved something last season that Spurs have not managed since that 1992-93 season - a league double over Arsenal. "The Cherries" won 2-0 at home in October 2024 and 2-1 away in May 2025. In May, Arsenal were preparing for a crucial Champions League second leg against PSG, but still fielded their strongest available side.

In our 4-1 defeat in November, Ebere Eze scored the fourth hat-trick in competitive matches between Arsenal and Spurs, after Ted Drake (Arsenal, October 1934), Terry Dyson (Spurs, August 1961) and Alan Sunderland (Arsenal, December 1978).

Eze hasn't scored a goal since his hat-trick against Spurs in November and was substituted at half time in Arsenal's 1-1 draw at Brentford when his stats were - 0 shots, 0 dribbles, and 0 key passes. Eze did play the full game in Arsenal's 4-0 FA Cup win over Wigan last week and had two assists.

List of defeats by three goals to Arsenal in Premier League era:-

1. 16.11.2002 - 3-0
2. 02.12.2006 - 3-0
3. 21.09.2010 - Lost 1-4 (League Cup)
4. 26.02.2012 - 5-2
5. 17.11.2012 - 5-2

Spurs wins by three or more goals over the same period:-

1. 22.01.2008 - 5-1 (League Cup)
2. 12.05.2022 - 3-0 - our last competitive NLD win

We have yet to win a Premier League game in 2026. Our last win was at Crystal Palace on December 28th and the last home win was against Brentford in early December. Wouldn't it be marvellous if we won on Sunday? I'll be there to cheer us on, but I don't think it will go our way. Dele Alli will be a morale-boosting half-time guest.

Did you know? (1) Arsenal's chairman during their successful 1930s period was Samuel Hill-Wood, whose family owned cotton mills in the Derbyshire town of Glossop. Hill-Wood had been Glossop's chairman when they enjoyed one solitary season in Division One in the 1899-1900 season. Peter Hill-Wood, who died in 2018 was the grandson of Samuel. Peter, and his father Denis had also been chairmen of Arsenal.

Did you know? (2) Arsenal are one of two clubs known to have played Spurs at all four of their home venues - Northumberland Park, White Hart Lane, Wembley and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The other team is Southampton.

Peter Bankes is refereeing Spurs for the 17th time. This will be his first North London Derby. His previous Spurs games this season were our away win against Manchester City, and the 2-2 draw at Burnley last month.

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