Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal Preview

February 6, 2015
By: Deke Hardman

Harry Kane

Saturday’s Premier League action kicks off at White Hart Lane where Tottenham Hotspur face fierce North London rivals Arsenal in the one hundred and fifty-sixth league meeting between the sides.

Maurico Pochettino’s side go in to the game one place and two points below their opponents having won six of their last eight league games, including last weekend’s 3-0 victory at West Bromwich Albion.

Nabil Bentaleb is available after returning from the Africa Cup of Nations meaning that the hosts have a full squad to choose from.

Top scorer Harry Kane, fresh from signing a new long term deal, is priced at 7.0 (6/1) to get the first goal of the game ahead of former Gunner Emmanuel Adebayor, who can be backed at 9.0 (8/1) with Ladbrokes.

The home win is as highly priced as the 3.3 (23/10) on offer from Coral, with the visitors favourites at 2.3 (13/10) with a variety of firms. The draw is a 3.6 (13/5) with Sky Bet.

Arsene Wenger’s men have won their last five games in all competitions, keeping clean sheets in four of those victories and smashing five goals past a hapless Aston Villa side last time out.

Alexis Sanchez and Danny Welbeck are both in a race to be fit in time to play some part, though Mathieu Debuchy, Abou Diaby, Jack Wilshere, Mikel Arteta and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are all definitely out.

Olivier Giroud is 8.0 (7/1) to open the scoring with William Hill, with Theo Walcott a 10.0 (9/1) chance with the same firm.

The sides played out a 1-1 draw at the Emirates Stadium in this season’s reverse fixture, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s seventy-fourth minute strike cancelling out Nacer Chadli’s opener.

Prior to that clash, the Gunners had won the previous three encounters to nil, though no side has scored more Premier League goals in 2015 than Tottenham, who have twenty to their name.

William Hill offer 2.8 (9/5) for there to be four or more goals scored in the game, while you can back Spurs to get at least two themselves at the widely available price of 2.5 (6/4).

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