Most touches in opposition box

Arsenal 370

Everton 346

Man Utd 328

Stoke 302

Tottenham 282

Chelsea 279


Shots on target


Arsenal 83

Chelsea 83

Tottenham 69

Man Utd 68

Everton 61

Newcastle 60


Shooting accuracy


Arsenal 47.7%

Man City 46.6%

Chelsea 46.4%

Newcastle 46.2%

Birmingham 46.1%

Bolton 45.7%


Goals from open play


Arsenal 21

Chelsea 19

Man Utd 17

Bolton 14

Blackpool 13

Tottenham 13


Passing accuracy


Chelsea 84.8%

Arsenal 84.2%

Man City 82.6%

Man Utd 82.5%

Tottenham 79.8%

Newcastle 78.9%


Passing accuracy in opposition half


Arsenal 81.0%

Chelsea 78.6%

Man Utd 77.3%

Man City 76.9%

Everton 73.6%

Tottenham 71.7%


Dribbles attempted


Wigan 320

Chelsea 282

Newcastle 274

Man City 272

Tottenham 256

Arsenal 253


Dribble success rate


Arsenal 50.6%

Chelsea 50.4%

Blackpool 49.7%

West Ham 49.5%

Everton 49.0%

Tottenham 43.8%


Disciplinary points (one for a foul, three for yellow card, six for red card)


Arsenal 270

Man City 269

Blackburn 268

Aston Villa 265

Newcastle 261

Wolves 258


Saves-to-shots ratio (at least six appearances)


Cech 85.19%

Fabianski 82.76%

Hart 79.59%

Schwarzer 79.07%

Foster 75.00%

Jaaskelainen 74.51%


Points per game at home


Man Utd 2.66

Chelsea 2.57

Arsenal 2.00

Sunderland 2.00

Aston Villa 1.86

Stoke 1.86


Points per game away from home


Arsenal 2.00

Man City 1.66

Chelsea 1.66

Newcastle 1.66

Bolton 1.43

Man Utd 1.29


Points dropped from winning positions


Chelsea 0

Stoke City 0

Arsenal 2

West Brom 2

Man City 3

Newcastle 3

Arsenal

Subs from Szczesny, Rosicky, Vela, Arshavin, Van Persie, Denílson, Gibbs, Djourou, Eboué, Bendtner, Lansbury

Doubtful Bendtner (groin)

Injured Almunia (elbow, 23 Nov), Ramsey (broken leg, 4 Dec), Frimpong (knee, May), Diaby (ankle, unknown), Vermaelen (achilles, unknown)

Suspended None

Form guide WWLWWW

Disciplinary record Y26 R4

Leading scorer Chamakh 5

Tottenham

Subs from Cudicini, Pletikosa, Bentley, Sandro, Bassong, Pavlyuchenko, Keane, Crouch, Lennon, Kranjcar

Doubtful Bentley (calf), Defoe (ankle), Keane (ankle), Kranjcar (calf), Lennon (hamstring)

Injured Corluka (groin, 24 Nov), King (groin, 24 Nov), Giovani (groin, 28 Nov), Dawson (knee, 4 Dec), Huddlestone (ankle, Feb), O'Hara (back, unknown), Woodgate (groin, unknown)

Suspended None

Form guide WDWLWD

Disciplinary record Y22 R0

Leading scorer Van der Vaart 5

Match pointers

• Tottenham won the last league north London derby after going 20 games and the whole of the 2000s without a victory over Arsenal

• Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 17 home north London derbies against Spurs

• Tottenham have gone 68 Premier League games away from home without a victory over Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea or Manchester United

• Arsenal have not lost back‑to-back league home matches since December 1997

• The last six games between these sides in all competitions have produced 25 goals

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has begun legal proceedings in relation to today’s front page in British tabloid newspaper The Sun.
Times journalist Ben Smith revealed the news on Twitter earlier this evening after The Sun continued to link Wenger to French rapper Sonia Tatar with a headline of: “Wenger’s Mistress: I’m Pregnant.”
When quizzed about the matter again a fortnight ago after Arsenal’s 1-0 loss to Newcastle United, Wenger revealed that he has always refused to talk about personal matters and will be doing so again in this instance.
“I arrived 14 years ago and you know what happened and I promised myself I would never comment any more, because for 14 years I have been insulted everywhere in England, and never with any truth,” he said.
“I promised myself I would never speak about my private life any more.”