With both clubs sitting outside the top four, defeat for either would be a catastrophic blow to their Champions League ambitions.
So much is on the line and that has often been the case in this fixture as you will see some from the selection of stats and facts below.
– Spurs have lost just one of their last seven Premier League games against Arsenal (W2 D4), although that defeat came earlier this season, losing 2-0 at the Emirates.
– Arsenal are aiming to win both home and away against their north London rivals in the Premier League for just the fourth time in the same season, doing so previously in 2004-05, 2007-08 and 2013-14.
– This is the first meeting between Spurs and Arsenal at Wembley since April 1993, when they met in an FA Cup semi-final, with Arsenal winning 1-0 from a Tony Adams goal.
– Indeed, Spurs have failed to score in either of their last two games against Arsenal at Wembley (also 0-0 in the Charity Shield in August 1991), last doing so in their 3-1 win in the 1991 FA Cup semi-final, with goals from Paul Gascoigne and a brace from Gary Lineker.
– This fixture has seen both sides score in the game on 34 occasions in the Premier League – more than any other fixture in the competition. However, there has been a clean sheet in the last two meetings (one each); the last time this fixture went three successive games without both teams scoring was back in December 1991 (a run of four, league only).
– Tottenham have dropped 37 points from leading positions in Premier League games against Arsenal – more than any team has against another in the competition’s history.
– Arsenal have won more Premier League London derbies away from home (52) and in total (121) than any other side in the competition.
Kane celebrates scoring against Arsenal last season
– Spurs have won 28 of a possible 39 points in home games at Wembley Stadium this season; dropping 11. In the whole of 2016-17, they dropped just four points at White Hart Lane, winning 53/57.
– Harry Kane has scored six goals in six Premier League games against Arsenal, only failing to score in one those games – the reverse fixture this season. The England striker has scored four times in three home Premier League games against Arsenal.
– Harry Kane has scored 21 goals in 32 Premier League London derby matches, averaging 0.66 goals per game. Of players to have played 20+ London derbies in the Premier League, only Thierry Henry has a better ratio (0.73 – 43 goals in 59 apps).
– Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored four goals in four previous appearances against Tottenham Hotspur in all competitions; once in the Champions League (2 games) and three goals in the Europa League (2 games).
– Henrikh Mkhitaryan has assisted three goals in 120 minutes of Premier League action for Arsenal so far; the same tally that Alexis Sanchez managed in 1507 minutes of action for the Gunners in 2017-18.
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