Arsenal vs Tottenham Prediction: Betting Tips, Early Team News & More

Arsenal and Tottenham renew their long-standing rivalry at the Emirates on Sunday afternoon in what promises to be an enthralling Premier League encounter in North London (4.30pm, Sky Sports).

The Gunners top the table with 26 points from their opening 11 games, but were held to a dramatic 2-2 draw with Sunderland last time out, while Tottenham head into the weekend eight points further back in 5th and are without a win in this fixture in six games.

Read on for our best bets and the early team news.

I’m backing Arsenal to take the win as they look to extend their lead at the top of the table. While the straight win price of 2/5 is a little short, bet365 offer enhanced odds of 21/20 when combined with under four goals in the match, which represents solid value.

This bet has already landed 11 times across all competitions this season, including in four of Arsenal’s last five league games. On top of that, they've beaten Spurs in five of the last six derbies, including the last three on the spin, and haven't lost at home to their local rivals in 14 league games stretching back to 2010.

Arsenal's superb start to the season has been built on a solid defensive backbone, and while they have injury doubts to key defensive personnel, they boast impressive strength in depth.

Declan Rice is enjoying an outstanding season, playing a pivotal part in Arsenal’s successful start, so much so that bookmakers have shortened his odds to 9/1 for the PFA Player of the Year award.

Rice has produced impressive attacking numbers, registering seven goal involvements across all competitions, with five of those coming in his last nine matches.

Rice is a huge threat from set-pieces, delivering pinpoint deliveries that teammates like Gabriel have fully capitalised on, while also scoring himself against West Ham and Burnley in recent weeks.

At 5/2 with BetMGM, he looks a strong shout to either score or assist again on Sunday.

Arsenal vs Tottenham Team News

Arsenal were hit hard during the international break after key defenders Gabriel and Riccardo Calafiori both got injured, with both major doubts for Sunday. Striker Viktor Gyokeres remains out, as does skipper Martin Odegaard.

The international break didn't go entirely to plan for Tottenham either after Pape Matar Sarr was forced off for Senegal against Brazil. The likes of Lucas Bergvall and Cristian Romero will face late fitness tests, however, Spurs will hope to have Mohammed Kudus back in the starting-11.