please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Venue: Emirates Stadium Saturday, September 27th 2014 KO Time: 17:30 BST please log in to view this image Head to Head Against Tottenham Hotspur: Played: 167 Wins: 71 Draws: 44 Losses: 52 Goals For: 263 Goals Against: 227 Goal Difference: 36 Last 6 Meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Arsenal Arsenal 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur (FA Cup) Arsenal 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Arsenal Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham Hotspur please log in to view this image Starting XI: please log in to view this image Bench: Ospina Coquelin Flamini Rosicky Podolski Cazorla Alexis
Yes, here we go. I don't care how **** the spuds are, they will always be our biggest rivals and I love the NLD ! The players will be well up for it and I think this is a game that Welbeck and Sanchez could thrive in. Expect Spurs to try and target Wilshere and shut him down, therefore if Jack plays a cute game he'll keep the ball moving quickly and open up space for Ramsey and Ozil. I heard Poch saying that Spurs need to 'be brave' so I think they'll come and try to play rather than park the bus. Hopefully Kos and Mert can deal with Soldado quite easily and if Spurs do play and open game then I think we'll be able to create plenty of chances. I went for a 1-0 to Arsenal on the prediction thread but I think there might be more goals in this, I reckon it might be a 3-2 or even another 5-2
Love the NLD, I'm always on the edge of my seat for these games. Despite the fact they've only managed a few wins against us in the last decade or so I still g nerves leading up to this one. It's a proper rivalry and the game can go either way regardless of current form. Bring it on!
I worry about set pieces in this game, they seem to have quite a lot of tall players, up against our dwarf squad
Yeah its one of the advantages of having Giroud in our squad. At least Chambers brings in a bit more height for set pieces. Would be nice to have one more powerful player in midfield though.
Although he's not as defensive as Arteta in some ways I would like to see Wilshere play on Saturday. Cant help but think as a local boy/Arsenal fan he'll be up for this game.
I'd rather a midfield two of Ramsey Arteta tbh, wilshere will be too tempted to get forward and against spurs it's often an open enough game anyway.
please log in to view this image Arsenal host Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday 27th September 2014 (KO 17:30) in the 6th match of the 2014-15 Premier League season. Arsenal come into the game in 4th place in the Table on 9 points with Spurs in 9th on 7 points. This will be the 255th time the two teams have met. Spurs v Arsenal is now one of the great rivalries in World Football but the fixture had very different beginings back in November 1887 when the clubs first met in a friendly played on Tottenham Marshes. Arsenal, then called Royal Arsenal, had been formed just a year earlier as Dial Square and were essentially the works team for the munitions factory situated in Woolwich, Kent, while Spurs who had been formed some five years earlier in 1882 still had many of the youngsters who founded the club playing for them. Spurs won that first encounter 2-1, although the game was cut short by 15 minutes, due to poor light conditions because of the Arsenal team getting lost and turning-up late for the start. Seven more friendlies were played between the two clubs from 1888 to 1896 with Spurs winning four and Arsenal winning three before their first competitive match in March 1899. By this time, Arsenal were re-named Woolwich Arsenal and the clubs met in the United League with the Gunners winning 2-1 at the Manor Ground in Plumstead while Spurs won the return match 3-2 at Northumberland Park. Two matches were played within the same week in April 1900 in the Southern District Combination League with Spurs winning 4-2 at White Hart Lane which was followed by a 2-1 win to Arsenal at Plumstead in a game abandoned after 75 minutes due to "bad language". History doesn't provide the answer as to who was the guilty party! From 1901 to 1920, the clubs met in various minor competitions, friendlies and matches played during the First World War. Tottenham Hotspur joined the Football League in season 1908-09 and won promotion to the First Division on their first attempt. The following season they played Arsenal in December 1909 and lost 0-1 at the Manor Ground in Plumstead, while the reverse fixture at White Hart Lane ended in a 1-1 draw with John Curtis scoring Spurs' first League goal against the Gunners. The teams met for three more seasons before Arsenal's relegation at the end of the 1912-13 season with Spurs winning three matches, Arsenal winning two and one game drawn. September 1913 proved to be a hugely important date in the history of both clubs as Arsenal controversially moved from south of the River Thames into the territory reserved for Tottenham Hotspur and Clapton (later Leyton) Orient, in clear violation of the rules and regulations governing such relocations as stipulated by the Football League. Despite bitter protests, Arsenal's move to Highbury (more correctly called Arsenal Stadium) was allowed. White Hart Lane was requisitioned by the Army during WWI, so Spurs played many of their wartime matches at Highbury. When League football resumed after the war in 1919, it was decided to once again expand the First Division from 20 teams to 22. The normal way of doing this had always been to add the top two clubs from the Second Division to those who were already in the First Division. However, there were complications arising from allegations of match-fixing from Liverpool and Manchester United during the final matches of the last season played before the League was suspended and it was felt that they would forfit their Top Flight status as a result. From nowhere, Arsenal, who had finished sixth (later corrected to fifth) in the Second Division before the war were 'elected' to take Tottenham Hotspur's place in the First Division. Allegations of bribery persist to this day and Henry Norris (Arsenal's Chairman) was later given a lifetime ban from football from the Football League for underhand financial activities. Spurs and Arsenal played their first Football League match after World War One in the First Division in January 1921 with Spurs winning 2-1 at White Hart Lane while Arsenal won the return match at Highbury 3-2. All 150 League games played to date have taken place in the Top Flight of English football. Highbury was taken over by the Army during the Second World War and Spurs returned the favour by allowing Arsenal to play their wartime matches at White Hart Lane. Arsenal won the first FA Cup meeting between the two teams 3-0 in the 3rd Round in January 1949. The clubs have played five FA Cup matches to date with Spurs winning two and Arsenal winning three. The first Football League Cup match took place in November 1968 with Arsenal winning the first leg of the Semi-Final 1-0 at Highbury and Spurs drawing 1-1 at White Hart Lane the following month. Of the 12 League Cup matches played so far, Spurs have won 3, Arsenal have won 6 and three games have been drawn. Both Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur were founder members of the Premier League in season 1992-93 and both clubs are among the seven (Liverpool, Everton, Chelsea, Manchester United and Aston Villa are the other five) who have been ever-present during the 21 seasons of the competition. Arsenal went two goals ahead by halftime in the 2010-11 fixture at the Emirates in November through Samir Nasri and Marouane Chamakh but Spurs came back strongly with goals from Gareth Bale, Rafael van der Vaart (penalty) and Younes Kaboul to secure a 3-2 win. The match at White Hart Lane in April 2011 was a six goal thriller with honours even. Theo Walcott and Rafael van der Vaart scored goals within the first 10 minutes before Samir Nasri put the Gunners 2-1 up after 12 minutes. Arsenal went further ahead with a Robin van Persie goal on 40 minutes but Tom Huddlestone made it 2-3 by halftime. Van der Vaart scored the only goal in the second half from the penalty spot. The fixture at White Hart Lane in October 2011 was won by Spurs 2-1 with goals from Rafael van der Vaart and Kyle Walker with Aaron Ramsey scoring for Arsenal. The Gunners won their home match in February 2012 5-2. Louis Saha had put Spurs ahead after 4 minutes and an Emmanuel Adebayor penalty put Tottenham further ahead after 34 minutes. But Arsenal pulled two goals back before half-time through Bacary Sagna and Robin van Persie. Tomas Rosicky put Arsenal in front just after the break and the rout was completed with a brace from Theo Walcott. During the 2012 summer transfer window, Spurs signed former Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor from Manchester City after having spent a season on loan. The match on 17th November at the Emirates resulted in a 5-2 win for Arsenal. Emmanuel Adebayor put Spurs ahead after 10 minutes but was sent-off eight minutes later for a rash tackle on Santi Cazorla. Arsenal then scored three times to make it 3-1 at halftime - Per Mertesacker, Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud grabbing the goals. Santi Cazorla put Arsenal further ahead on the hour mark but Gareth Bale pulled one back for Spurs before Theo Walcott scored the fifth for Arsenal just before the final whistle. Spurs won the match at the Lane in March 2013 2-1 with Gareth Bale scoring after 37 minutes and Aaron Lennon adding a second two minutes later. Per Mertesacker pulled a goal back for Arsenal six minutes into the second half. Olivier Giroud scored in the 23rd minute to give Arsenal the points in the September 2013 Premier League game at the Emirates. Arsenal ran-out 2-0 winners in the FA Cup 3rd Round match played at the Emirates in January 2014 with Santi Cazorla & Tomas Rosicky scoring a goal each. The 2013-14 League game at the Lane in May 2014 finished in a 1-0 win to Arsenal after Tomas Rosicky scored in the second minute. As far as Football League / Premier League matches go, three player have both scored nine goals for Spurs against Arsenal - Billy Minter and Bobby Smith. Three Arsenal players have each scored eight goals against Spurs - Robert Pires, Emmanuel Adebayor and Alan Smith. There have been three hat-tricks scored during North London Derbies - Terry Dyson for Spurs and Ted Drake & Alan Sunderland for Arsenal. Jimmy Robertson & Emmanuel Adebayor are the only two players to score for both Spurs & Arsenal in a North London Derby. Arsenal's David O'Leary has played in the most North London Derbies (35) while both Gary Mabbutt & Steve Perryman played 31 games with Spurs. Overall, Spurs have won 91 of the 254 matches played against Arsenal with the Gunners winning 104 and 59 matches drawn. please log in to view this image Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal Matches 1887-2015 please log in to view this image They Played for Spurs & Arsenal.... Emmanuel Adebayor Clive Allen Charlie Ambler Bob Arber (Arsenal player, Spurs reserves manager) David Bentley David Black Anton Blackwood Jimmy Brain Laurie Brown Walter Bugg Lycurgus Burrows Sol Campbell Herbert Chapman (Spurs player, Arsenal manager) Damien Comolli (Director of Football at both clubs) Freddie Cox James Delvin Wilf Dixon (Spurs assistant manager, Arsenal trainer) Jack Eggett Tom Fitchie Theo Foley (Arsenal assistant manager, Spurs reserves manager) William Gallas George Graham (Arsenal player, manager of both clubs) Vic Groves Tom Hatfield Stewart Houston (Assistant manager at both clubs) Joe Hulme (Arsenal player, Spurs manager) George Hunt David Jenkins Pat Jennings Bill Julian Peter Kyle Neil Lacy Bill Lane (Spurs player, Arsenal scout) Peter McWilliam (Spurs manager, Arsenal scout) Tom Meade Billy Minter Terry Naylor Terry Neill (Arsenal player, manager of both clubs) Jamie O'Hara Tom O'Shea George Payne Ron Piper Tom Pratt Rohan Ricketts Jimmy Robertson Andrew Swan Walter Thomas Erik Thorstvedt Steve Walford Ernie Walley (Spurs player, Arsenal coach) Charlie Williams Willie Young please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2014-15 Arsenal Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2014-15 Premier League London Derbies Season 2014-15 please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
And aren't the figures given for goals and assists wrong as well? For example Welbeck got a goal and an assist against villa but is only down as scoring a goal.
Why did Spurs sell Sandro? I only just realised they did that. He was always one of their better midfielders in the games they played against us.
He was always injured...currently injured at qpr...slid on his knees after scoring in training and will miss this weekends match as a result
I couldn't resist taking a peek at the Spuds match thread to see if that prick PnP was up to his old game of making excuses before a ball is kicked. I also intended to look after the match (assuming we won) to confirm his was blaming the ref as always. Well blow me down with a feather if he and a couple of other spudlets haven't combined both of my predictions and are blaming the ref BEFORE the game has started lol. Predictable w**kers
They said the ref is poor (from experience), no one is using him as an excuse for anthing. His performance will be judged on what we see today. If you going to come on to our board, you'll have to up your reading skills.
Probs I have with Sp*rs at the moment is that they don't have that X factor they used to with the likes of Bale and one or two others. They have one or two good players but no-one capable of really turning a game on it's head. My feeling anyway.
Alex Oxlade Chamberlain reportedly said that Alexis Sanchez is so pumped up for this derby that members of training/coaching staff had to tell him to tone it down I am pleased to see he recognises the significance of this game.
I'm not voting as my last 3 votes have been wrong, so just in case, I'll not take the risk with this game!
