After an emphatic 3-1 victory over Olympiacos in the Round of 16 of the Europa League, Arsenal will travel back to their home The Emirates where they will host their North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur for the North London derby match in the Premier League on Sunday.
Arsenal, who are currently at 10th position with 38 points will play hosts to Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur, who are currently at 7th position with 45 points and are having a good run-of-form in the Premier League, winning all five of their five matches in the league.
Both the teams will be coming on Sunday for the derby match with a win behind their back and will look to keep their winning momentum going. Arsenal won 3-1 away game against Olympiacos in their first match of the Round of 16 in the Europa League, whereas Tottenham Hotspur also won 2-0 away game against Dinamo Zagreb in their first match of the Round of 16 in the Europa League.
Spurs will look win the game and will look to get into a European Championship spot whereas, Arsenal will try their best to win this game and move up the table into a more comfortable position in the top half of the table and also keep their winning momentum going ahead of the second leg match against Olympiacos.
WHEN AND WHERE?
Venue: Emirates Stadium, London.
Date: 14th March 2021.
Time: 4.00pm (GMT)
TEAM NEWS:
ARSENAL:
Arteta’s men will be looking to commit fewer mistakes in this match against a quality Tottenham side, who are having an excellent run-of-form in the league winning 5 out of their last matches, and will be ready to pounce on every small mistake committed by the Arsenal defense.
Other than that, Arsenal doesn’t have any fresh injuries and will look to go into the match with their full strength.
Their latest injury worry was Emile Smith-Rowe, who missed the Burnley clash due to the injury. He recovered from the injury and came off the bench against Olympiacos in the Round of 16 clash of the Europa League yesterday.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR:
Jose Mourinho’s men will try their best to win the derby and continue their good run-of-form in the Premier League and grab a European League spot in the points table as the Spurs are now currently at 7th position with 45 points.
They just 3 points less than the current 5th position holder West Ham and Spurs will try their best to win this match go up in the points table. Jose Mourinho will also be going into this game with their full strength as they also don’t have any fresh injury concerns.
Giovani Lo Celso is the only spurs player who is sidelined with a hamstring injury which by-the-way, he picked up last December.
PROBABLE XI’S:
ARSENAL:
Brend Leno (GK), Hector Bellerin, David Luiz, Gabriel, Cedric Soares, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Emile Smith-Rowe; Bakuyo Saka, Pierre Abuameyang, Willian.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR:
Hugo Lloris(GK), Sergio Reguilon, Toby Alderweireld, Davinson Sanchez, Matt Doherty, Harry Winks, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg; Heung-min Son, Lucas Moura, Gareth Bale, Harry Kane.
