Arsenal face a trip to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane at lunchtime on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 73 games played, Gunners have recorded 24 wins, and Tottenham H. have come away with 30 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in November 2004, with Arsenal inflicting a narrow 4 - 5 defeat upon the Spurs in a Premiership match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2004/2005 | Mon 25 Apr | Arsenal | 1 - 0 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
2004/2005 | Sat 13 Nov | Tottenham H. | 4 - 5 | Arsenal | PREM |
2003/2004 | Sun 25 Apr | Tottenham H. | 2 - 2 | Arsenal | PREM |
2003/2004 | Sat 08 Nov | Arsenal | 2 - 1 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
2002/2003 | Sun 15 Dec | Tottenham H. | 1 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
2002/2003 | Sat 16 Nov | Arsenal | 3 - 0 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
2001/2002 | Sat 06 Apr | Arsenal | 2 - 1 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Tottenham Hotspur have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These games have seen the Spurs score just 5 goals, though they have conceded 2.
The Gunners have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Gunners, and 2 goals against.
Tottenham H. sit in a healthy 3rd in the league, and have picked up 19 points from their 10 games. Arsenal's 16 points from 9 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Tottenham H. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 |
Arsenal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Gunners could well see them head back from White Hart Lane with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
Sequence statistics: | |
Tottenham H. | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
Arsenal | 5 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |