Team news
Jose Mourinho will check on Harry Kane, Sergio Reguilon, Carlos Vinicius and Toby Alderweireld, but Erik Lamela remains sidelined.
Thomas Partey (thigh) was due to train on Friday and will be assessed. David Luiz will be checked after suffering a head injury against Wolverhampton Wanderers, while Nicolas Pepe is still suspended.
Did you know?
Tottenham Hotspur are unbeaten in their last six Premier League home encounters with Arsenal (W4 D2), while Jose Mourinho is undefeated in all 10 of his home matches against Arsenal in all competitions, with his various clubs.
Harry Kane has scored 10 goals in all competitions against Arsenal. If he scores here, he’ll be the outright highest goalscorer in competitive Arsenal v Spurs matches in history, moving ahead of Emmanuel Adebayor and Bobby Smith.
Mikel Arteta lost his first meeting with Spurs in this very fixture last season. The only manager in Arsenal’s history to lose their first two north London derbies was Bertie Mee back in the 1966/67 season.
Arsenal have only lost back-to-back Premier League matches against Spurs twice, in May 1993 and November 2010.
Match officials
Referee: Martin Atkinson. Assistants: Adam Nunn, Constantine Hatzidakis. Fourth official: Andre Marriner. VAR: Kevin Friend. Assistant VAR: Mark Scholes.
