The 2023/24 Premier League season has entered the final sprint stage, and the intensity of the title race is the highest in the 30-year history of the Premier League, with Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool competing for the top three, but with the early collapse of Liverpool, the Premier League title race has changed from the top three to a two-man turn between Manchester City and Arsenal. At 21 o'clock in the evening of April 28, Beijing time, the 35th round of the English Premier League will usher in a key battle, the second leg of the north London derby will be staged, and Tottenham will host the sworn enemy Arsenal, and CCTV's CCTV5 sports channel will broadcast the game live.
Judging from the remaining schedule, the top three Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City have a common opponent, that is, Tottenham, Tottenham is now in a critical time to compete with the dark horse Aston Villa for the top four, but at the most important moment of this season, Tottenham has ushered in the devil's schedule, in the next five rounds of the league, Tottenham will have Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City four BIG6 teams, the prospect of fighting for four is very dangerous.
For Arsenal, the current one more round is temporarily in the lead, but Arsenal's last four rounds of opponents are the strongest of the top three in the championship, after this round of away games against Tottenham Hotspur, there is also an away away from Old Trafford, against the Red Devils Manchester United, now Arsenal has to do is to win all the remaining four rounds, and then leave the fate to God, see God's will, wait for Manchester City to make mistakes, and see if it can break the nearly 20-year league title drought.
Arsenal is undoubtedly the most pleasing team this season, after 34 rounds, Arsenal scored 82 goals and conceded only 26 goals, is the Premier League's most goals and the strongest defensive team, Arteta has been strengthened by many transfer windows, the team's lineup tends to be perfect, the team's forward attack is more blossoming, Trossard, Saka, Havertz, Odegaard four players have scored double-doubles, of which Saka contributed 18 goals and 14 assists in all competitions.
At the beginning of the season, although the team's number one superstar Kane left, and experienced a change of coach and a new manager, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in a small climax and was once in the leading position in the standings. However, as the season progressed and injuries mounted, Tottenham's results began to slip and they are now in the race for the top four. There is an urgent need to grab points and compete with Aston Villa for qualification in next season's Champions League.
Tottenham's attack and defense in the Premier League have a certain gap with Arsenal, after Kane left, Tottenham's attack mainly relied on South Korea's king Son Heung-min, the front-court offensive means were single, Richarlison's state was like a nerve knife, sometimes good and sometimes bad. The only players in the team to score double-doubles are Son Heung-min and Richarlison. 5th in the Premier League for goals scored, but 4th in defence.
The north London derby is the hottest derby in English football, comparable to the Merseyshire derby, in the last round of the Merseyside derby, the inferior Everton defeated the favorite Liverpool 2-0 by virtue of the home and derby ties, and kicked the city rivals out of the title race. The intensity and fiery intensity of this round of the north London derby is no less intense than that of the Merseyshire derby.
Although Tottenham's strength is slightly inferior to Arsenal, in derby, Tottenham has beaten Arsenal at home four times in the past five seasons. In the first leg of this season's north London derby, Tottenham drew 2-2 away at Arsenal. The happiest thing for Tottenham is to prevent the city rival from winning the championship, and now Tottenham is also in urgent need of points, so Arsenal may not be able to get out of this game, and Tottenham is optimistic about being unbeaten at home.