Tottenham Hotspur know they should choose up outcomes and rapidly with 12 matches of the Premier League season remaining, beginning towards Arsenal on Sunday.
Spurs at the moment lie sixteenth within the prime flight standings and following West Ham United’s goalless draw with Bournemouth on the London Stadium on Saturday, the north Londoners are simply 4 factors above the relegation zone as they appear to keep away from a devastating relegation to the Championship this time period.
Caretaker supervisor Igor Tudor has been tasked with shifting Tottenham up the Premier League desk following the dismissal of Thomas Frank following defeat to Newcastle United final trip.
Spurs are searching for their first league win of 2026 and simply their third in 18 matches once they host title hopefuls and native rivals Arsenal within the newest north London derby on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.
Tottenham Look to Avoid Eberechi Eze Repeat
Tottenham thought that they had received the race to signal the highly-coveted Eberechi Eze from London rivals Crystal Palace in the summertime, earlier than Arsenal swooped in to hijack the transfer, and he made the change to the Emirates as a substitute.
It’s honest to say that other than one second, the England worldwide’s Gunners profession to date hasn’t gone to plan, with the 27-year-old scoring 5 objectives and offering an extra six assists in 34 appearances.
Three of these objectives got here towards Spurs on the Emirates in November, when Eze’s hat-trick noticed Arsenal win 4-1 in a recreation which summed up Tottenham’s fortune lately.
Aside from that standout second for Eze, it has been a usually disappointing time, particularly within the final 11 Premier League video games when he has solely began as soon as.
In that begin at Brentford, he was taken off at half-time and is clearly down the pecking order underneath Mikel Arteta in the mean time.
Xavi Simons Can be NLD Game-Changer
While Eze’s Arsenal profession has taken a backwards step for the reason that reverse fixture towards Tottenham, there is a sense that Xavi Simons is lastly beginning to make his mark on video games constantly following his summer time transfer from RB Leipzig.
It did take the Netherlands worldwide time to adapt to Premier League soccer, and the 22-year-old has clearly discovered it tough taking part in in a Spurs aspect who’re struggling on the flawed finish of the desk.
However, he has been extra influential in latest weeks and months, and the arrival of a brand new supervisor in Tudor may help him step up one other stage.
talkPORT pundit Jamie O’Hara stated earlier this month that Simons has been ‘performing better than Eze’ and is the higher signing as issues stand.
Arsenal have proven their vulnerabilities defensively in latest video games because the Premier League title race hots up, and Simons has the standard and talent to unlock defences that might make him the game-changer within the newest version of the north London derby.
Tottenham vs Arsenal: Team News and Confirmed Starting Lineups for Premier League Match
Tottenham and Arsenal will go head-to-head within the north London derby within the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
