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Spurs desire three points back from Arsenal in North London Derby

By John Wozniak

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 10: Erik Lamela of Tottenham Hotspur and Alex Iwobi of Arsenal argue during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at Wembley Stadium on February 10, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 10: Erik Lamela of Tottenham Hotspur and Alex Iwobi of Arsenal argue during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at Wembley Stadium on February 10, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 19: Dele Alli of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates after scoring his team’s second goal during the Carabao Cup Quarter Final match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur at Emirates Stadium on December 19, 2018, in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Alex Morton/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 19: Dele Alli of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates after scoring his team’s second goal during the Carabao Cup Quarter Final match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur at Emirates Stadium on December 19, 2018, in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Alex Morton/Getty Images) /

Match Details

  • Wembley
  • Saturday 02 March 2019
  • Kick off 12:30 GMT

The North London derby will feature two players in-the-hunt for the Premier League Golden Boot. Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored 16 goals, two behind Sergio Aguero. Harry Kane has bagged 15 in the league.

Manchester City and Liverpool are the only teams to have kept more clean sheets than Spurs (12). Arsenal have struggled defensively, they‘ve conceded 38 times, keeping five clean sheets in 28 games.

Mauricio Pochettino must engineer a game plan to stop a two-game losing streak, they‘ve won their last three games at home. A 2-1 defeat to Burnley last weekend came as a surprise. Spurs did not respond in the midweek trip to Stamford Bridge when Chelsea ran out 2-0 winners.

Kane returned to Tottenham‘s starting XI to score his 15th league goal of the season. Kane spoke of his frustration after Spurs’ defeat at Turf Moor.

"It was a physical game. We did well to get back into it at 1-1 but we couldn’t find the next level to push on and then unfortunately conceded again. via tottenhamhotspur.com"

Unai Emery’s side will cause a real upset at Wembley if they can keep Kane and company quiet and come away without conceding. An Arsenal win would take them to within one point of their archrivals.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is the first player to both score and assist a goal in consecutive Premier League appearances for Arsenal since Santi Cazorla in February 2015. via optajoe

Spurs Team News: Dele Alli, Eric Dier and Jan Vertonghen are all doubtful.

Arsenal Team News: Laurent Koscielny and Stephan Lichtsteiner are in contention for the Gunners.

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