Footage:Inside Training: All set for north London derby

As derby day excitement continues to build, you can watch how we've been getting ready for the big game with the latest episode of Inside Training!

Mikel Arteta has been putting his first-team squad through their paces at Sobha Realty Training Centre ahead of our crunch game against Tottenham Hotspur, as we aim to collect a third win a row to continue our title tilt, and secure back-to-back wins at the home of our neighbours for the first time since 1988.

See how they've been getting on by pressing play on the video above.

Pre-Match Report

27 Apr 2024

Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

Sunday will see us lock horns with Tottenham Hotspur in the 195th north London derby, as we aim to get the win necessary to keep our title push going.

You have to go back to 1988 and George Graham’s tenure for the last time we recorded back-to-back wins at the home of our neighbours, but we’ll be heading to N17 full of confidence on the back of our longest run without conceding on the road in our league history, helping us to remain unbeaten in our last seven domestic trips.

That’s in stark contrast to Spurs who have kept just two clean sheets at home all season, but they have had the benefit of a 15-day build-up to this game. We have played four times since their 4-0 loss to Newcastle United, but Ange Postecoglu will throw everything into this game in an attempt to rekindle their ambitions of a Champions League return.Leaky Spurs losing ground

Tottenham react to conceding at Newcastle

Postecoglu’s reign began impressively, as he guided his side to 26 points from the first 30 on offer to top the table at the end of October. However, five winless games followed and saw them drop out of the top four to start a six-month-long battle to regain a foothold in the race for a Champions League place.

A huge 4-0 win at rivals Aston Villa in March kept them in the hunt, but since then they have suffered a 3-0 loss to Fulham and the aforementioned thrashing at the hands of the Magpies. A pair of laboured wins against Luton Town and Nottingham Forest does mean Spurs have won eight of their last nine at home in the league, scoring in each of their last 25 on their own patch.

But that doesn’t tell the whole tale as they haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 12 Premier League home games, their longest run for nearly 20 years. In fact, only struggling Burnley and Sheffield United have kept fewer home clean sheets than Spurs.

Arteta: “We have to look at ourselves and try to perform in the best possible way to win our matches and I can’t wait to see what happens. I think this league is tremendously demanding and there can be still a lot of turns.

“We all know how difficult it is to win games in this league. We had a big one in the last London derby against Chelsea and now we have another big one. I’m sure if we’re going to [win the league], we’re going to have to beat Spurs as well.” - read every word from Mikel's pre-match press conference

Ange Postecoglou

Postecoglu: “We understand the importance, particularly at home, in these kind of games against our biggest rival and in the biggest derby not letting our opponent get on top of us. We understand the consequences of that but ultimately it’s still about us measuring ourselves against the teams we want to be challenging on a more consistent basis.

“There’s great meaning to the points for both clubs, then what's happened previously, whether that's the immediate past or further back, becomes irrelevant. Because you know it's going to be a tough game, have a bit of an edge to it, have an atmosphere. And you've just got to make sure you get ready to match those levels with a performance.”