Tottenham v Arsenal: Starting line-up and match prediction

I don’t actually want to say too much about the game tonight, as I’m afraid I’ll give us the kiss of death.

On paper, we should absolutely terrorise Tottenham, but we all know that rarely happens in a North London derby. The best team generally wins, which is why Tottenham haven’t beaten us in about 47 years.

Good news for Arsenal is that Palacios and Lennon are out. This will be a huge blow for Tottenham. We have loads of injuries to cope with as usual, but the inclusion of Robin van Persie, albeit as a sub, will be a huge confidence booster for the rest of the team ahead of kick-off.

My predicted line-up would have to be as follows (mainly because of lack of options):

Almunia

Sagna     Vermaelen     Campbell     Clichy

Denilson      Diaby     Nasri

Eboue     Rosicky

Bendtner

I’ve got a sneaky feeling we’ll get a draw, but I’m going to have to plump for an Arsenal win in my prediction, so I’ll go with 2-0 with goals from Diaby and Bendtner.

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