Sunday sees us head across north London for our second and final derby day of the season against Tottenham Hotspur - a fixture rich with historic moments and drama.
Ahead of the game, we’ve delved into the record books to bring you some of the more obscure statistics from our meetings with Spurs, and give you all the trivia you need to impress your mates wherever you’re watching this iconic clash.
Home comforts
When it comes to recent clashes, the home side has tended to prevail. We have lost just two of our 32 Premier League home games against Spurs who haven't triumphed at Emirates Stadium since 2010, meaning we boast an unbeaten run of 13 in N5.
However on the other side of north London, Tottenham have lost just two of their last 15 home Premier League games against us, but one of those did come last season when a Martin Odegaard strike and a Hugo Lloris own goal sealed a 2-0 success. We last won consecutive away league games against Spurs between 1987 and 1988, but have never kept back-to-back clean sheets at the home of our rivals in our history.
A history of high scores
Arsenal v Tottenham is the fourth highest-scoring fixture in Premier League history (181), behind our encounters with Liverpool (190), Newcastle v Tottenham (186) and Liverpool v Tottenham (185). That equates to an average of 2.87 goals per game across our 63 meetings.
On four occasions there have been games that have seen seven or more goals: successive 5-2 home wins for us in 2012, a 4-4 draw at Emirates Stadium in 2008, and the 5-4 win at White Hart Lane back in 2004 where Robert Pires grabbed what proved to be the winner.
Penalty prominence
No fixture in Premier League history has seen more penalties awarded than in the north London derby, with the 25 the derbies have seen matching the same total as games between Liverpool and Spurs.
Bukayo Saka's conversion from 12 yards in our 2-2 draw back in October means you have to go back to the 2017/18 campaign for the last season that didn’t see a penalty awarded in one of our meetings home or away, with the recently departed Harry Kane having scored seven of his NLD-record 14 goals against us from the penalty spot, the most any player has scored against a single opponent in the competition's history.
Comeback kings
We have enjoyed some topsy-turvy encounters against our neighbours in recent times, such as overturning a two-goal deficit to record a convincing 5-2 victory in February 2012.
In fact, Tottenham have dropped more points from leading positions against us than any other side has against another in Premier League history (45), and have let leads slip in 19 of our 63 top-flight meetings since 1992. Spurs have, however, won three of their last four against us in which they’ve taken the lead.
Late drama overdue?
There have been six goals scored in the 90th minute or later in Premier League history in matches between us and Spurs, but none since the 4-4 draw in October 2008 when Aaron Lennon denied us victory.
As well as that 16-year wait for added-time agony or ecstasy, there’s never been a winning goal scored during stoppage-time of a Premier League north London derby.
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