Spurs receive bad news ahead of Arsenal

Tottenham Hotspur return to Premier League motion on the weekend they usually’ll be gutted to study of an enormous enhance for his or her opposition…

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It’s none aside from the north London derby on Saturday afternoon as Antonio Conte’s facet make the brief journey to the Emirates Stadium to face arch-rivals Arsenal.

And the house facet have been boosted by the probably return of first-choice left-back Kieran Tierney, in addition to captain Martin Odegaard.

That’s in line with The Evening Standard, who’ve delivered an harm replace forward of the long-awaited encounter.

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The Norwegian attacking midfielder missed the Gunners’ 3-0 victory over Brentford with a calf downside however managed to make the journey for his nation’s Nations League matches towards Slovenia and Serbia.

While the Scotsman additionally featured for his nation on the weekend, beginning towards the Republic of Eire in Glasgow earlier than being withdrawn as a precaution earlier than the break.

This replace will certainly go away the Lilywhites boss involved as he’ll should face the league leaders with a close to fully-fit squad at Mikel Arteta’s disposal.

Certainly, Arsenal sit prime of the standings after seven fixtures, having gained six and misplaced one, and are only one level forward of Spurs, who’re but to style defeat within the Premier League.

Nonetheless, their defeat to Sporting Lisbon within the Champions League has uncovered some weak spot within the Italian’s facet and now that the Gunners’ captain and foremost artistic outlet is again, he’s absolutely going to be nervous heading into this top-of-the-table conflict.

Solely two different gamers have managed a greater common WhoScored score for the season to date than Odegaard, who has scored three targets and supplied 1.7 key passes per sport.

35% of Tottenham’s play comes from inside their very own third, whereas 34% of Arsenal’s comes from their attacking third, so the early indicators recommend that the guests might want to take in numerous strain if they’re to come back out on prime, one thing made tougher with a difference-maker like Odegaard accessible.

So any enhance for them is definitely a blow for Conte and his facet.

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