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"contents": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North London derbies are always feisty encounters, but Saturday’s clash between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur will have an extra incentive with top spot in the Premier League at stake.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twenty-four hours later, champions Manchester City host Manchester United as the Premier League returns with a derby bonanza after the international break.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arsenal and Spurs have both enjoyed flying starts, with Mikel Arteta’s table-topping Gunners having won six of their first seven league games – their best start since 2007-8.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antonio Conte’s Tottenham are unbeaten, with five victories and two draws – their equal-best start in the Premier League.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Spurs will have to overturn a horrid record at their neighbours if they are to leapfrog them and go top, having won at Arsenal only once in their past 29 league visits.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite that statistic, Tottenham have swung the balance of power in north London, finishing above Arsenal for the past six seasons, having ended the previous 21 below them.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arsenal had a golden chance to reassert themselves last season when they were poised for a top-four finish at Tottenham’s expense, but a 3-0 capitulation at Spurs in May allowed Conte’s team to sneak above them.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tottenham have carried the momentum of last season and are now on a 13-match unbeaten streak in the league going back to April, even if there is a suspicion that their results so far have been more impressive than some of their performances.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1413537\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1425246247.jpg?w=328\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"480\" /> Tottenham Hotspurs striker Harry Kane will have to be on target in the North London derby this weekend. (Photo: Visionhaus / Getty Images)</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They will travel to the Emirates Stadium for the lunchtime kick-off in buoyant mood, and with forward Son Heung-min back in form after a 14-minute hat-trick in a 6-2 victory over Leicester City – their last match.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Son had not scored this season before his explosive cameo against Leicester, and with Harry Kane already on six goals for the campaign, Arsenal's defence faces a stern test.</span>\r\n\r\n<b>Arteta’s blueprint</b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This time last season, Arteta’s Arsenal were just turning the corner after a dreadful start, but the Spaniard appears to have applied his blueprint to the team.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Striker Gabriel Jesus has been a revelation since joining from Manchester City, scoring four league goals already and helping bring a winning mentality to a young squad, while Granit Xhaka looks reborn in Arsenal’s midfield.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday’s clash will be a tactical battle, with Arsenal’s probing, possession-based style up against the counterattacking thrust of a Tottenham side happy to soak up pressure.</span>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong>Visit <a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=in_article_link&utm_campaign=homepage\"><em>Daily Maverick's</em> home page</a> for more news, analysis and investigations</strong>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It’s a specialty of Conte’s. With Son Heung-min now finding form, they could do damage to Arsenal,” former England striker Chris Sutton, now a BBC pundit, said.</span>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more in </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Maverick</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: “</span></i><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-08-18-emptyoldtrafford-why-manchester-uniteds-bid-to-recruit-global-fans-may-be-backfiring/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#EmptyOldTrafford: Why Manchester United’s bid to recruit global fans may be backfiring</span></i></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”</span></i>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Arsenal win they will preserve the top spot after eight games. Any other result means Pep Guardiola’s City can climb to the summit with a win against United on Sunday.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the form of the north London duo, City already look favourites to retain their crown, especially with new signing Erling Haaland ripping up the scoring record books.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Norwegian already has 11 goals in his first seven league appearances, and if he maintains that rate he would smash the Premier League record of 34 in a season.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1413539\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1425246077.jpg?w=480\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"337\" /> Tottenham Hotspurs' Son Heung-min (left) has been in hot form recently. 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With Son Heung-min now finding form, they could do damage to Arsenal,” former England striker Chris Sutton, now a BBC pundit, said.</span>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more in </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Maverick</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: “</span></i><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-08-18-emptyoldtrafford-why-manchester-uniteds-bid-to-recruit-global-fans-may-be-backfiring/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#EmptyOldTrafford: Why Manchester United’s bid to recruit global fans may be backfiring</span></i></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”</span></i>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Arsenal win they will preserve the top spot after eight games. 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and</li>\r\n \t<li>Fulham are sixth in the standings, one point behind Manchester United.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>Liverpool v Brighton & Hove Albion</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Brighton have beaten Liverpool only once in the Premier League (L7 D2), winning 1-0 at Anfield in February 2021;</li>\r\n \t<li>Liverpool won 2-0 at Brighton in the teams’ last league meeting in March; and</li>\r\n \t<li>Brighton are fourth in the standings, four points above eighth-placed Liverpool.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>Southampton v Everton</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Everton have beaten Southampton 20 times in the Premier League in 46 games (L14 D12);</li>\r\n \t<li>Southampton won 2-0 at home against Everton in February; and</li>\r\n \t<li>Everton and Southampton are 13th and 14th in the league respectively, with both having seven points from as many games.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>West Ham United v Wolverhampton Wanderers</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Wolves have won six of their 12 Premier League games against West Ham (L5 D1);</li>\r\n \t<li>West Ham won 1-0 at home when they last faced Wolves in the league in February; and</li>\r\n \t<li>West Ham are in the relegation zone, sitting 18th after seven games, while Wolves are a spot above in 17th.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>2 October, Sunday</h4>\r\n<h4>Manchester United v Manchester City</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>This will be the 51st Premier League meeting between the teams;</li>\r\n \t<li>United have won 24 times against City in the league (L17 D9); and</li>\r\n \t<li>City won 4-1 when they last faced United in the league in March.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>Leeds United v Aston Villa</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Villa have won 10 times against Leeds in the Premier League (L8 D10);</li>\r\n \t<li>Villa won 3-0 at Leeds in their last league meeting in March; and</li>\r\n \t<li>Villa are looking to win their second consecutive game this season, while Leeds are without a win in three games.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4>3 October, Monday</h4>\r\n<h4>Leicester City v Nottingham Forest</h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The last time Leicester and Forest met in the Premier League was in 1999, when Forest won 1-0 at home;</li>\r\n \t<li>Forest have won three times against Leicester in the league (L1 D2); 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Tottenham Hotspurs striker Harry Kane will have to be on target in the North London derby this weekend. (Photo: Visionhaus / Getty Images)
Tottenham Hotspurs' Son Heung-min (left) has been in hot form recently. Here he celebrates another goal with teammate Emerson Royal (Photo: Visionhaus / Getty Images)