It seems as though the gap between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur is as wide as it has been in a generation, and the reality is you have to go back nearly 50 years, to Spurs' temporary sojourn in the second tier in 1977-78 for the last time as many positions separated them from their rivals down the Seven Sisters Road.

Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly, Rice, Norgaard, Odegaard, Martinelli, Saka, Havertz. For Tottenham, Son Heung-min is on the bench alongside James Maddison, who could make his first pre-season appearance.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has hinted that new signing Viktor Gyokeres could make his Arsenal debut against Tottenham.Arsenal come into the first north London derby outside England off a 3-2 win