The North London Derby is on tap this week-end, and there is now evidence to straight back up what we already thought. When Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal play in the Premier League, it could just be the division's most exciting installation. Earlier in the day this season, Arsenal beat Spurs 5-2 at the Emirates, reflecting the effect from exactly the same fitting last season. The latter setup a stirring work that saw the Gunners hurricane into third destination for a end the 2011-12 campaign, but this time, Spurs enter with the impetus. Unbeaten in 11 league matches, Tottenham have risen to third place thanks simply to Welsh winger Gareth Bale's remarkable variety. Once the two old opponents satisfy Sunday (11 a.m. ET, Fox Soccer Channel), the result may have an important impact in the battle for the Premier League's third and fourth UEFA Champions League locations. Also, if record is any key, you will have goals. Whilst the Daily Mail studies, the North London Derby is the Premier League's highest-scoring fixture: Goals, dismissals, comebacks, bust-upsa'the north London derby has already established plenty of many of these over the years. Today Sportsmail could reveal that the struggle between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal supplies the most ambitions per game in the Premier League when at the very least 10 fits have been performed. Of the 41 group games fought between the two sides, 121 goals have now been obtained, or 2.95 goals per game. Among the current classics was a November 2008 knowledge 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 decades earlier, Arsenal won 5-4 for a passing fancy ground in an outcome 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 details lost in what turned out to be a failed title problem. Asked whether he thought the overall game was over a, he said (via BBC Sport ): "99 instances out of 100 it is. Butawe desired to keep the ball in a poor way and we exposed ourselves. We are together with that a bit unfortunate, but that's what happens in football." Harry Redknapp, meanwhile, said: "It was a genuine old slugging fit from both groups. We were choosing it. Amazement had a chance for this ultimately, and we squeezed it." Video from the match appears above. Enjoy, and prepare yourself for what is actually a thriller Sunday. Anybody fancy a forecast?
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