Arsenal have Tottenham to help them get back in form

Arsenal are a top priced 2.6 with Boylesports to bounce back and beat their arch rivals Spurs in the North London derby at the Emirates on Sunday.

This is a game which the two managers go into with contrasting levels of support, with Arsene Wenger is a man under pressure after the Gunners’ 4-0 drubbing in the Champions League at the hands of Ac Milan which was quickly followed by a poor 2-0 defeat at Sunderland.

His comments after the game against AC Milan summed up things at the club at the moment. He said: “I felt we were never in the game, we were very poor offensively and defensively. It was shocking to see how we were beaten everywhere.”

He is fighting to justify his football philosophy and this will be his seventh season at the club without winning any silverware.

By stark contrast Spurs’ boss Harry Redknapp is a man who can do little wrong at present.He is being wooed by the FA for the England job and is revelling in the media spotlight with the full support of Spurs and Three Lions supporters.

That makes this a really interesting clash and a battle of wits, and with both side’s liking to play attacking football the stats suggest that there will be plenty of goals.

The two sides met three times last season and and shared 16 goals in those encounters. Add in Spurs’ 2-1 win at White Hart Lane this season and that makes 19 goals in their last four meetings – an average of nearly five a game.

So from a punting view the most attractive wager has to be over 2.5 goals a top priced 1.73 with Boylesports.

As far as Arsenal are concerned the outcome of this game will once again centre around Robin van Persie, and the Dutchman is a top priced 7 with Boylesports to open the scoring.

That looks a decent price but for me a far better bet is backing him to score anytime at 2.38 – also with Boylesports.

I am just hoping that the real Arsenal will turn up an be able to edge a win, but for those that do like to play in the correct score market a cheeky punt on a 3-2 victory for the Gunners at 29 with Betfred.