Premier League: Tottenham v Arsenal - team news & build-up

Team news

Tottenham pair Micky van de Ven and Dominic Solanke are expected to be available after overcoming respective knee and ankle injuries.

Yves Bissouma is a doubt after suffering a groin problem on international duty for Mali, while Richarlison remains out.

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard will have further tests to determine the extent of his ankle problem but he was not ruled out for this weekend by manager Mikel Arteta on Friday.

Declan Rice serves a one-match ban and Mikel Merino remains out with a shoulder injury but Gabriel Jesus is fit again and Riccardo Calafiori's calf issue will be assessed.

Match facts

Head-to-head

• There have been 195 North London derbies in all competitions, Tottenham have won 61, Arsenal 82 and there were 52 draws.

• Tottenham's solitary victory in the past seven top-flight meetings was by 3-0 at home in May 2022 (D1, L5).

• This fixture has produced the most penalties awarded (26) and scored (24) in Premier League history.

Tottenham Hotspur

• Tottenham can lose more than one of their opening four matches of a top-flight season for the first time since 2011-12 under Harry Redknapp.

• They have lost six of their past 10 Premier League fixtures (W3, D1).

• Spurs have conceded an own goal in each of their last three top-flight meetings with Arsenal: Hugo Lloris in January 2023, Cristian Romero in September 2023 and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in April 2024. No team has ever put through their own net in four consecutive Premier League meetings with an opponent.

• Son Heung-min is one short of moving into the top 20 of the all-time leading Premier League goalscorers, with 122 goals. Dwight Yorke and Raheem Sterling both have 123 to sit joint-19th on the list.

Arsenal

• The Gunners have won nine of their last 10 away league matches, drawing the other and keeping eight clean sheets. They’ve equalled their longest top-flight away winning streak of five games under Mikel Arteta.

• Arsenal's eight-game Premier League winning streak was ended by a 1-1 home draw against Brighton in their most recent outing.

• Bukayo Saka scored home and away goals against Tottenham in the Premier League last season. A goal on Sunday would make him the third Arsenal player to score in three consecutive north London derby appearances, after Emmanuel Adebayor and Robert Pires.

• Raheem Sterling could become the first Arsenal debutant in a north London derby since Isaiah Rankin in December 1997.

• Kai Havertz has been directly involved in 18 goals in 21 Premier League appearances in 2024, scoring 11 and setting up seven.

• David Raya turns 29 on the day of this match.