Only Jurrien Timber has been out for an extended period of time; Thomas Partey is still sidelined with a groin injury.
Tottenham’s Ivan Perisic will miss the most of the season after suffering a severe knee injury in practice.
Other than that, Giovani Lo Celso, Bryan Gil, and Rodrigo Bentancur are all only a few weeks away from making a comeback, so Ange Postecoglou has no fresh injury worries.
For the first time since a run of five victories between 1987 and 1989 against Tottenham,
To win three straight league games, Arsenal is aiming.
In their 31 Premier League encounters with the Gunners, Spurs have only won twice, drawn 11 times, and lost 18 times.
Since 1990, when the two teams drew 0-0 at Highbury in the third game of the season, this is the first match in which neither team has lost.
Since a goalless tie in November 1998, Arsenal has scored in 24 straight home Premier League North London derbies.
- It would just be the second occasion in the previous 16 seasons that Arsenal would still be unbeaten after six Premier League games.
Since a 3-0 loss against Spurs in May 2022, the Gunners have gone 14 games without a loss in Premier League London derbies, winning 11 and drawing three.
In their last 18 top-flight London derbies at the Emirates Stadium, they have only lost one, a 2-0 loss to Chelsea in August 2021. - In 27 home Premier League games, Mikel Arteta’s team has only managed to keep four clean sheets.
Arteta may emulate Terry Neill between 1977 and 1980 by becoming the second Arsenal manager to triumph in each of his first four home North London derbies.
In his previous 18 home Premier League games, Bukayo Saka has contributed to 18 goals (12 goals, 6 assists).
- With four victories and one tie from their first five games, Tottenham has had its finest league season in 58 years.
From the start of last season, Spurs went seven games without losing (W5, D2), and their first loss came at the Emirates Stadium by a score of 3-1.
In each of the Lilywhites’ first five games in the top division, they have scored several goals. season for just the third time, after 1960-61 and 1965-66.Tottenham is aiming for their 200th away victory in the Premier League.
Ange Postecoglou may become the first Spurs manager since Peter Shreeves, whose team triumphed at Highbury on New Year’s Day in 1985, to record an away victory in his first North London derby.
In his previous 21 away Premier League games, James Maddison has contributed directly to 19 goals (10 goals, 9 assists).
