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TL;DR news on Tottenham vs Arsenal at August 26, 2023

Despite his frustrations over Holding's red card, Arsenal are unable to appeal what was two separate yellow card incidents. All eyes will be on the Arsenal attack, with Eddie Nketiah expected to start once again due to his exceptional form. Playing a pivotal role in the team's fine form since the end of February after his return from a hamstring issue, the Argentina international was not included against Arsenal due to a hip injury. However, Spurs soon took charge of proceedings, notably helped by Rob Holding's red card, and that meant it was Arsenal under pressure with all the action at the opposite end of the pitch. He wasn't able to draw level with the Liverpool star, however, with Conte withdrawing the player and Kulusevski late on as Lucas Moura and Steven Bergwijn were introduced. Following their impressive performance at Anfield, Gary Neville is also backing Spurs to beat Arsenal. The memes would never end should Arsenal falter and Spurs still fail to capitalize, but something feels different about this squad right now. While Tottenham is definitely the underdog to take fourth place, all arrows at pointing up right now. H2H This will be the 125th meeting between the two clubs in all competitions with Arsenal picking up 50 wins, 33 draws and 41 defeats against Leeds United in that time. The American will be fully aware he has not helped purchase a finished product after witnessing the draw and defeats to Arsenal and Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge. Five points will secure another season in Europe's elite competition, though if Spurs do not come away with three points against Arsenal on Thursday, that number will reduce. Much has been made of Arsenal being a young side, and just as we saw against Leeds, the nerves are never far from the surface, especially at this the business end of the season. Just before the hour mark, Tottenhamtook the lead after Harvey Vale had seen a strike of his own ruled out in the first half. Website Footy Headlines have also published pictures of the kit being modelled, and labelled them as 'official images' but nothing has yet come from Arsenal or Adidas.