In this week 6 match on the 26th of September, Arsenal will host Tottenham Hotspur at Emirates Stadium in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the ever popular London derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Arsenal recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Burnley. Martin Ødegaard scored the first goal for Arsenal in the 30th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Burnley couldn’t manage to score, and Arsenal took the shutout win. Arsenal is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Tottenham Hotspur is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Chelsea. Thiago Silva struck first for Chelsea in the 49th minute on a feed from Marcos Alonso, then N’Golo Kanté added another in the 57th minute on a feed from Mateo Kovačić In the end, Tottenham Hotspur couldn’t muster any offence and Chelsea ran away with the shutout win. Tottenham Hotspur is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Tottenham Hotspur’s most prolific scorer has been Heung-Min Son. The attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Martin Ødegaard are the top scorers for Arsenal in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Granit Xhaka and Rob Holding are unavailable to play for Arsenal, while Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo’s squad will be without Heung-Min Son.