Early staff information has come out of Tottenham Hotspur, as supervisor Ange Postecoglou prepares his facet for his or her all-important North London Derby conflict towards Arsenal on Sunday.
Tottenham vs Arsenal – match preview and harm updates
Each side come into the competition on an analogous run of kind, with Spurs profitable one, drawing one and shedding one in every of their opening three Premier League matches thus far this season.
A gap weekend 1-1 draw away to Leicester Metropolis was adopted by a dominant 4-0 victory towards Everton in north London, however Newcastle United then inflicted Spurs’ first defeat of the brand new marketing campaign with a 2-1 win over Postecoglou’s males at St. James’ Park.
There have been positives and negatives to take from their trio of top-flight clashes, however now one in every of Tottenham’s hardest assessments of the season is looming tomorrow afternoon. Against this, Arsenal stay undefeated, although Fabian Hurzeler’s Brighton uncovered the chinks of their armour two weeks in the past.
Tottenham Hotspur’s summer time signings | Signed from |
|---|---|
Timo Werner | RB Leipzig (mortgage) |
Dominic Solanke | Bournemouth |
Archie Grey | Leeds |
Wilson Odobert | Burnley |
Lucas Bergvall | Djurgarden |
Min-hyeok Yang | Gangwon FC |
The Seagulls ended Mikel Arteta’s 100 per cent begin to 2024/2025 by holding Arsenal to a 1-1 draw on the Emirates Stadium on August 31, with Joao Pedro’s second-half strike cancelling out Kai Havertz’s expertly-taken chipped end over Bart Verbruggen.
By way of harm information, Arsenal might be with out Mikel Merino for weeks after the summer time signing suffered a shoulder harm in coaching at London Colney, whereas star man Declan Rice can be set to overlook the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium journey by way of suspension.
Arteta did share considerations for Postecoglou on Friday, although, with Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Jesus and Riccardo Calafiori all contending to be match for Spurs.
In the meantime, Dominic Solanke, Micky van de Ven and Richarlison all missed Tottenham’s final sport by way of harm, however Postecoglou has since confirmed that van de Ven is prepared for choice towards Arsenal.
Yves Bissouma is an harm doubt for Tottenham, following his knock on worldwide obligation, which compelled him off throughout Mali’s 1-0 win over African minnows Eswatini in mid-week.
Postecoglou says that Solanke might be asssessed in coaching in the present day, earlier than the Australian comes to a decision on his involvement towards Arsenal, with there being solely two absolutely confirmed absentees.
Richarlison and Will Lankshear out injured for Tottenham
Talking in his pre-match press convention on Friday, the Lilywhites head coach introduced that each Richarlison and Will Lankshear are out injured for Tottenham, and can miss the derby tomorrow because of this.
The Spurs duo are at the moment in rehab following their harm issues, so Postecoglou will not be capable of name upon his £60 million Brazil striker towards Arsenal.
Lankshear’s hamstring harm has stored him sidelined for the previous couple of weeks, which might be irritating for the younger ahead, who’s trying to break into Postecoglou’s first-team after displaying plenty of promise at academy degree.
“Are you aware what I’ve seen, I’ve been actually impressed with how he simply finishes his probabilities,” stated pundit John Wenham to Soccer Insider on Lankshear.
“There aren’t any errors, He doesn’t have any caveats so his sport thus far however he’s solely 17 and I feel he’s an entire finisher in the meanwhile. However, if in time we are able to see him enhance his passing ranges then perhaps we are able to take a look at him as a Harry Kane-lite or one thing like that.”
