North London derby day is almost upon us once again, as Tottenham Hotspur prepare to welcome Arsenal to their capital home in this weekend's Premier League main event on Sunday afternoon.
Ange Postecoglou's side only managed to take one point from six on offer against their bitter rivals last season, and both teams have some wrongs to right from before the September international break.
Indeed, the Lilywhites suffered their first defeat of the season in a 2-1 loss to Newcastle United, leaving them 10th in the early-season rankings with a record of one win, one draw and one defeat in 2024-25 so far.
Meanwhile, Arsenal were denied a third win from three in a 1-1 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion, where they went down to 10 men early in the second half as Declan Rice was controversially sent off.
Here, Sports Mole takes a closer look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between Arsenal and Tottenham.
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Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 209
Spurs wins: 67
Draws: 55
Arsenal wins: 87
Counting their inaugural fixtures in the late 19th century, way before they ever clashed in the top tier of English football, Tottenham and Arsenal have pitted their wits against each other on 209 occasions, and it is the men in red and white that boast the superior wins tally with 87.
Arsenal's latest success in this eagerly-anticipated fixture did not come without a gargantuan effort, as after taking a three-goal lead on rival turf thanks to Spurs' set-piece woes, the Gunners conceded twice late on but nevertheless clung on for a 3-2 victory in April 2024.
Thanks to their first-half surge - which Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and a Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg contributed to - Arsenal achieved something that they had never previously managed since the Premier League's inception in 1992, winning back-to-back top-flight games on Tottenham's turf.
In contrast, Spurs have come up trumps on 67 occasions, while 55 draws have also been played out between the two rivals, including a four-goal Emirates classic in September 2023, where Arsenal led twice but let their advantages slip both times.
The April 2024 win was enough for Arsenal to prolong their unbeaten run against Tottenham to four matches, having done the double over Spurs in the 2022-23 campaign, prior to which the Lilywhites' most recent NLD triumph came on home territory towards the end of 2021-22.
While five of Tottenham's last seven derbies with Arsenal have ended in defeat, the Lilywhites previously went five unbeaten against Sunday's visitors from December 2018 to December 2020, including two home Premier League wins in the COVID-19 era and an EFL Cup success in the 2018-19 season.
In terms of individual goalscoring records, Harry Kane is still the master of doing that against Arsenal as the 2023-24 Champions League quarter-finals proved, and the England captain is head and shoulders above his colleagues when it comes to NLD goals, netting 14 in the Spurs strip.
The highest outright scorer for Arsenal in this matchup is a revered Frenchman; not Thierry Henry, but Robert Pires with nine efforts, while Emmanuel Adebayor struck eight times for the Gunners before scoring twice for Tottenham after his bold decision to cross the divide.
Last 20 meetings
Apr 28, 2024: Spurs 2-3 Arsenal (Premier League)
Sep 24, 2023: Arsenal 2-2 Spurs (Premier League)
Jan 15, 2023: Spurs 0-2 Arsenal (Premier League)
Oct 01, 2022: Arsenal 3-1 Spurs (Premier League)
May 12, 2022: Spurs 3-0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Sep 26, 2021: Arsenal 3-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Mar 14, 2021: Arsenal 2-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Dec 06, 2020: Spurs 2-0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Jul 12, 2020: Spurs 2-1 Arsenal (Premier League)
Sep 01, 2019: Arsenal 2-2 Spurs (Premier League)
Mar 02, 2019: Spurs 1-1 Arsenal (Premier League)
Dec 02, 2018: Arsenal 4-2 Spurs (Premier League)
Feb 10, 2018: Spurs 1-0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Nov 18, 2017: Arsenal 2-0 Spurs (Premier League)
Apr 30, 2017: Spurs 2-0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Nov 06, 2016: Arsenal 1-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Mar 05, 2016: Spurs 2-2 Arsenal (Premier League)
Nov 08, 2015: Arsenal 1-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Sep 23, 2015: Spurs 1-2 Arsenal (League Cup Round Three)
Feb 7, 2015: Spurs 2-1 Arsenal (Premier League)
Last 10 Premier League meetings
Apr 28, 2024: Spurs 2-3 Arsenal (Premier League)
Sep 24, 2023: Arsenal 2-2 Spurs (Premier League)
Jan 15, 2023: Spurs 0-2 Arsenal (Premier League)
Oct 01, 2022: Arsenal 3-1 Spurs (Premier League)
May 12, 2022: Spurs 3-0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Sep 26, 2021: Arsenal 3-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Mar 14, 2021: Arsenal 2-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Dec 06, 2020: Spurs 2-0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Jul 12, 2020: Spurs 2-1 Arsenal (Premier League)
Sep 01, 2019: Arsenal 2-2 Spurs (Premier League)No Data Analysis info