Arsenal face Tottenham in the North London Derby on Sunday as they look to get their Premier League title hunt back on track after a midweek draw against Wolves.<\/p>\n
Manchester City, who have a game in hand on the Gunners, have the chance to move to within two points of the Premier League leaders when they face Newcastle United on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Arsenal<\/strong><\/a> have now won just two of their last seven Premier League matches as predictable predictions of them \u2018bottling\u2019<\/strong><\/a> the title are made.<\/p>\n Tottenham<\/strong><\/a> are having a disastrous season in the Premier League and will face their arch-rivals with a new face in the dugout as interim boss Igor Tudor takes his first match<\/strong><\/a> after replacing Thomas Frank, who was sacked ten days ago.<\/p>\n The majority of pundits seemed to still be tipping an Arsenal win but at least one pundit is leaning towards 16th-placed Tottenham upsetting the odds on Sunday.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Alan Shearer<\/strong><\/p>\n Shearer told Metro<\/a>: \u201cArsenal have to win the game. I mean, it\u2019s pretty simple. It would be a disaster if they didn\u2019t, and they\u2019re not in great form, losing a 2-0 lead in the way they did against Wolves, they go into it under huge pressure. It might even be more if City beat Newcastle on Saturday night.<\/p>\n \u201cBut Spurs give me no confidence, even with the new manager bounce, that they would hope that they\u2019re going to get so I\u2019m going to say an Arsenal away win.\u201d<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Big Weekend: Tottenham v Arsenal in relegation-bottlejob derby, Newcastle, Pereira, Ndiaye<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Chris Sutton<\/strong><\/p>\n Predicting a 3-0 win to Arsenal, Sutton said on BBC Sport<\/a>: \u201cIt was an incredible wobble by\u00a0Mikel Arteta\u2019s\u00a0team against Wolves, drawing 2-2 after being 2-0 up, and I certainly didn\u2019t see it coming. Maybe it is getting to be \u2018squeaky bum time\u2019 for them, but it didn\u2019t affect them when they went away to Leeds a couple of weeks ago and won convincingly.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can imagine how Spurs will be champing at the bit, and I am expecting them to make a fast start and have a real go at them \u2013 but Arsenal have to deal with that, and find a way of bouncing back.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the Gunners can do that, and their quality will make the difference in the end. I worry about Spurs in forward areas, and it will be interesting to see how Tudor lines them up in defence too. Ultimately, if Arsenal turn up and play how we know they can, then they will win \u2013 and I am expecting them to make a real statement.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Paul Merson<\/p>\n Merson told Sportskeeda<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m sitting here and I don\u2019t know what happens in this game! I thought I\u2019d never say that, but it is what it is. It was one of Arsenal\u2019s worst-ever games against Wolves. There were no patterns of play and they never looked like their usual self.<\/p>\n \u201cTottenham have a new manager and it\u2019s basically a free swing for them in the derby now. If Tottenham lose, no one cares. The pressure is on Arsenal and if Newcastle lose to City, it just adds to it.<\/p>\n \u201cI find it strange that Eberechi Eze did not start as the no.10 against Wolves. He was brought in to do that. Then why did he not start the game? Mikel Arteta used Bukayo Saka as a no.10 instead. He\u2019s not suited to play there because he\u2019s a proper winger.<\/p>\n \u201cNoni Madueke also started against Wolves and he\u2019s very hot and cold. He will do something amazing and the next thing he does would make you go, \u2018why did he do that?\u2019. Madueke is very direct but he has to mix it up. You can\u2019t be direct all the time. He has still done better than what I expected this season though.<\/p>\n \u201cI won\u2019t be surprised if Saka goes to the wing and Eze comes on for Madueke in this game. For me, Eze has to play as the no.10 against Spurs. He\u2019s good in tight spaces and is better than Saka in that role. I\u2019m expecting\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0to win but I won\u2019t be shocked if they failed to either. It just seems like they can\u2019t open teams up anymore. Prediction:\u00a0Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Arsenal.\u201d<\/p>\n