North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham will renew hostilities at Kai Tak Sports Park in Hong Kong on Thursday afternoon.
Arsenal finished a distant 36 points and 15 places above their capital foes in last season’s Premier League table.
The Gunners have enjoyed a productive time of things on their pre-season tour of the Far East, defeating both AC Milan and Newcastle so far.
Mikel Arteta’s men will now look to continue building more momentum by claiming a win over old adversaries Spurs this midweek.
Thomas Frank got his reign as Tottenham boss up and running with a 2-0 win over Reading before watching his side play out a pair of draws with both Luton and Wycombe.
Following this week’s showdown with Arsenal, Spurs will play friendly fixtures against both Newcastle and Bayern Munich before pitting their wits against PSG in this year’s UEFA Super Cup final.
How the bookies view it: Gunners too good
The bookies’ odds suggest that Arsenal will take top honours on Thursday afternoon, with a Gunners success as short as 1/2 on Boylesports. After scoring three goals in their victory over Newcastle last time out, the 4/5 on Boylesports for Arsenal to win alongside over 1.5 goals could be a more attractive angle of attack to consider.
A Tottenham triumph is trading at 7/2 with Boylesports while the draw has been priced up at 10/3 with the same firm.
Head to head: Advantage Arsenal
Arsenal have avoided defeat in each of their last six meetings with Tottenham, taking top honours from each of the previous three meetings between the pair.
Players to watch: Saka to strike?
Bukayo Saka scored the only goal of the game during Arsenal’s pre-season win over AC Milan. The Gunners talisman looks the standout value in the anytime goalscorer market here at 6/5 with Bet 365.
Tottenham's Son Heung-min has scored a noteworthy nine goals across his previous 22 appearances against Arsenal. The Spurs skipper is as big as 9/4 to get on the scoresheet on Thursday afternoon.
Predicted line-ups
Viktor Gyokeres could be in line to make his Arsenal debut on Thursday, however Riccardo Calafiori could miss out after being forced off with an injury last time out.
Tottenham boss Frank will be without as many as six first-team players for this all-London affair, including influential playmaker Dejan Kulusevski.
Arsenal: Kepa; White, Saliba, Mosquera, Zinchenko; Nwaneri, Zubimendi, Rice; Saka, Havertz, Martinelli
Tottenham: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Maddison, Bentancur, Sarr; Kudus, Solanke, Son
Anything else catch the eye?
While this is a North London derby, the pre-season aspect of it should see both teams approach this clash with a fairly relaxed attitude.
As such, backing both teams to score alongside over 2.5 goals looks worthy of support at 7/10 on Boylesports.
This combination has clicked in four of the previous six meetings between the duo, including three of the last four.
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