It is north London derby time as one of many Premier League’s storied rivalries will probably be destined by which crew has extra depth. Mikel Arteta and Ange Postecoglou are each going by a major harm crises however Premier League play stops for nobody. With Tottenham seeking to flip good cup type into Premier League type, they’re going to have a frightening problem as Arsenal can choose up floor within the Premier League title race with a victory. 

Liverpool drawing Nottingham Forest presents the Gunners with an opportunity to attract inside 4 factors of the league summit however with Gabriel Jesus being the most recent member of the assault sidelined, they’re going to wrestle to attain regardless of Spurs’ defensive points.                                                    

Listed here are our storylines, how one can watch the match and extra:

Methods to watch and odds

• Date: Wednesday, Jan. 15 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
• Location: Emirates Stadium — London
• Dwell stream: Peacock
• Odds: Arsenal -240; Draw +380; Tottenham +600

Storylines

Arsenal: Whereas some gamers like Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ben White are closing in on returns, the assault is struggling with out Bukayo Saka and Jesus. Even Ethan Nwaneri nonetheless is not able to return after scoring his first Premier League objective for the Gunners. Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Calafiori might each bolster the protection however it stays to be seen if Arteta needs to threat the duo with a sport throughout the weekend after which Champions League on the horizon.

Arsenal predicted XI: David Raya, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Gabriel, William Saliba, Thomas Partey, Mikel Merino, Declan Rice, Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Leandro Trossard

Tottenham: Richarlison often is the solely returning participant for Tottenham as their protection is about to be with out Ben Davies, Cristian Romero, Future Udogie, Micky van de Ven, and beginning goalkeeper Gugliemo Vicaro. Whereas Spurs have been doing their finest to get by, it is smart why they’d wrestle with that a lot of their core sidelined however Postecoglou’s males might want to discover a approach.

Tottenham predicted XI: Antonin Kinsky, Djed Spence, Archie Grey, Radu Dragusin, Pedro Porro, Lucas Bergvall, Yves Bissouma, Pape Sarr, Heung-min Son, Dominic Solanke, Dejan Kulusevski

Prediction

With this being a rivalry match, the margins will probably be slim however Tottenham will leg out a draw after pushing Arsenal to their limits. Decide: Arsenal 2, Tottenham 2