Tottenham – Arsenal

Arsenal will win again in the North London derby.

One of the Premier League's biggest derbies for the second time this season will be played in the English capital. In the first meeting between the teams, which took place three months ago, Arsenal gave their opponents no chance, routing them 4-1. Eberechi Eze scored a hat-trick in that match, after which he started against Bayern Munich and Chelsea, and subsequently spent more time on the bench than in the starting lineup. The fate of the rivals this season is unfolding differently. Under Mikel Arteta, Arsenal have progressed year by year and have finally reached the status of Premier League leaders. Will they reach champion status? Time will tell, but a four-point lead over the nearest competitor is somewhat reassuring to the Gunners' fans. Tottenham, after finishing seventeenth in last season's Premier League, began this season with a new coach. Thomas Frank's work at the start was impressive, but later regressed to Ange Postecoglou's level from last year. Such results led to the Danish coach's dismissal, and a few days ago Igor Tudor was appointed to replace him. The Croatian recently had an unsuccessful spell with Juventus, which is why not everyone supported the choice of coach in the Spurs camp. Bookmakers have named the visitors the favorites for the upcoming match, offering odds of 1.54 on their victory. The last straw for Tottenham's management regarding Frank were two defeats in four days to Manchester United and Newcastle United. They moved Spurs to sixteenth place, five points clear of the relegation zone. Given West Ham's form and Nottingham Forest's potential after appointing the fourth coach of the season, Tottenham face a real fight for survival. Arsenal will host with the aim of taking three points, but in the Gunners' camp tensions have risen after the draw with Brentford in the previous round. The visiting side, meanwhile, is a near-perfect football machine that threatens any opponent even from a throw-in. Arsenal have beaten Tottenham in three of the four meetings in the 2024-2025 period and will again defeat their arch-rival.