The North London Derby is on tap this week-end, and there's now evidence to right back up what we already assumed. When Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal play in the Premier League, it would you need to be the division's most fascinating fitting. Early in the day this season, Arsenal beat Spurs 5-2 at the Emirates, mirroring the result from exactly the same fitting last season. The latter create a stirring work that saw the Gunners hurricane into third destination for a finish the 2011-12 campaign, but now, Spurs enter with the impetus. Unbeaten in 11 league matches, Tottenham have risen to third place thanks partly to Welsh winger Gareth Bale's remarkable form. If the two old opponents satisfy Sunday (11 a.m. ET, Fox Soccer Channel), the result would have an important impact in the competition for the Premier League's third and fourth UEFA Champions League locations. Also, if history is any key, you will have objectives. Because the Daily Mail reports, the North London Derby could be the Premier League's highest-scoring fixture: Targets, dismissals, comebacks, bust-upsa'the north London derby has received lots of many of these over time. Now Sportsmail may reveal that the battle between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal provides the most goals per game in the Premier League when at the least 10 fits have been played. Of the 41 group games fought involving the two sides, 121 goals have now been won, or 2.95 goals per game. One of the current classics was a November 2008 expertise at White Hart Lane. The match ended 4-4 after Arsenal light emitting diode 3-1 and again 4-2 with a minute left in time. Four years earlier, Arsenal won 5-4 for a passing fancy soil in a result Jose Mourinho mocked as a score" (via BBC). Afterward that 2008 thriller, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger bemoaned a of maturity" (noise familiar?) and rued two things lost in what ended up to become a unsuccessful name challenge. Asked whether he thought the game was over a, he said (via BBC Sport ): "99 situations out of 100 it is. Butawe desired to keep carefully the ball in a poor way and we exposed ourselves. We're along with that somewhat unfortunate, but that is what happens in football." Harry Redknapp, meanwhile, said: "It was a genuine old slugging fit from both teams. We were choosing it. Amazement had a go because of it ultimately, and we managed to get it." Video from the fit appears above. Appreciate, and get ready for what is actually a thriller Sunday. Anyone fancy a prediction?
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