An anticipated London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal on Wednesday. It’s always fun to watch these two teams play
Tottenham are coming in this derby, sitting on the 5th spot with 53 points from 31 matches, 3 point behind and a match less than the 4th Manchester City. The team’s goal difference is far worse than that on the Citizens, so a possible victory here will still leave them on the 5th spot, but let’s not forget that on May 10th, there’s a direct match between both teams. Tottenham’s home record reads W8 D6 L1, scoring 22 goals in those games and conceding 12. The team won 4 and drew 3 of the last 7 home games. Two draw games here on White Hart Lane against another 2 Top4 teams, Chelsea and Manchester United.
Arsenal will be eager to bounce back with a victory here, after the disappointing 1:1 this Sunday on Emirates against Liverpool. Goals scored from penalties, in the 97th and 102nd minute, brought a lot of discussions. I personally believe the referee should have blown the whistle after the first penalty, but things didn’t go that way, and that’s all in the past now. Arsenal won 3 of the last 5 away games and drew 2, one of which was the 4:4 against Newcastle.
Earlier this season, after leading 2:0 against Tottenham on Emirates, Arsenal lost with the final score of 2:3. Tottenham hasn’t won two games in a row against Arsenal since 1976.
As every derby, this is a 3-way match with no real favorite for this game. An interesting fact here is that Tottenham hasn’t kept a clean sheet against Arsenal in the last 30 games. Arsenal in the same time has kept only 4 clean sheets away from home this season and only 3 times from the past 20 visits on White Hart Lane.
Most recent games on White Hart Lane:
14/04/2010 Tottenham vs. Arsenal 2:1
08/02/2009 Tottenham vs. Arsenal 0:0
15/09/2007 Tottenham vs. Arsenal 1:3
21/04/2007 Tottenham vs. Arsenal 2:2
29/10/2005 Tottenham vs. Arsenal 1:1
Each team has achieved here 5 victories, 10 draw games and 5 losses in all competitions since 1993. While both teams have different goals at this moment, Tottenham chasing the 4th spot, Arsenal chasing the tittle, I am willing to go with the statistics and back the draw here. The safe choice in this game would be to back Both Teams To Score @ 1.61, while the more rewarding one Draw @ 3.40. Good luck betting.
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Both teams to score @ 1.61 | Bet at Bet365 Now |
