Final Score pundits Stephen Warnock and Fara Williams preview an "exciting" north London derby, saying the fixture will be the ultimate test for Mikel Arteta and Ange Postecoglou...

Pat Nevin
Former Scotland winger on BBC's Football Daily podcast

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I think Tottenham fans will be looking forward to it more than they have done in the last few years. They say the phrase 'we've got our club back' and the cub is a club that loves to attack and play open football.

You will not get any better than Ange Postecoglou to play that style of football. He's going to play and open style. It is going to be exciting and edge-of-the-seat stuff. They have got the perfect man for their club.

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Ant: Honestly you press guys are making way too much out of the Raya- Ramsdale issue- players don't need to play every week. If there are 2 in the same position who are equally matched, so much the better. Competition is a great thing.

Dan: Why is everyone talking about how dangerous it is for Artera to switch between Raya and Ramsdale, but nobody saying the same about De Zerbi switching between Steele and Verbruggen? It's exactly the same isn't it, and De Zerbi's hailed as a genius?

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Aston Villa are yet to hit the heights we saw when they were in their pomp under Unai Emery last season, but they are still a good side.

They came back well to beat Crystal Palace last week and, unlike Chelsea, finding the net is not a problem for them.

I wrongly backed Chelsea to turn things around too many times last season, and I am not going to make that mistake again.

It actually would not surprise me if Villa nicked this, to add to Mauricio Pochettino's problems at Stamford Bridge, but I am going to go for a draw - which probably means Chelsea will win!

Prediction: 1-1

Michael Brown
Former Manchester City midfielder

Have we ever seen such a turnaround of playing staff and money spent as we have at Chelsea? It's incredible.

Last season, we saw someone who was a wonderful coach at Brighton not being able to find his way through. Now we have one of the best managers in the world not being able to get through it quickly.

They should have had better results than they have - that's a given - but it's a bit like at Nottingham Forest at the start of last season where they had too many players and no way of sieving through them.

One thing we do need to say though is that Chelsea have a load of injuries. They have got a full football team out! It's insane. How do you coach that?

They have got a great manager, have invested in some wonderfully talented young players and now they have to find a way to get results and find a formula that works.

We might see a different Chelsea over a period of time but I don't know if football allows that period of time because the pressure increases so quickly.

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After winning six of their first eight away Premier League games under Unai Emery (D1 L1), Aston Villa have just one victory in their past seven on the road (D2 L4).

However, the Villans are so far unbeaten in London under Emery in the competition (W2 D2).

"They’re a very good team with a very good coach," Emery said of Chelsea.

"Previously, they were contenders to be in the top seven teams in the Premier League. It’s a tough match."

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A new manager, without a league win after five games - must be a full-scale crisis on the cards?

Well, not at Bournemouth where if anything, there is a growing sense of optimism among the fanbase after a wholehearted display in Sunday’s draw against Chelsea.

Despite drawing a blank in front of goal, the Cherries can be proud of their performance in matching a club with recent aspirations to co-found a European Super League, and a team assembled for more than a billion pounds.

Lewis Cook, signed for £6m in 2016, dominating the £100m Enzo Fernandez in midfield was a prime example.

Yes, Chelsea can point to an injury list – but so can Bournemouth, including two major signings yet to set foot on the pitch in Tyler Adams and Alex Scott. And it was Bournemouth who finished the game stronger, with supporters relishing the high-energy displays demanded by boss Andoni Iraola in comparison to the more defensive stance taken last season under Gary O’Neil.

“The national perspective on Bournemouth at the minute is completely out of kilter,” BBC Radio Solent commentator Kris Temple said on the latest edition of the Cherries: Unpicked podcast.

“Fans, in the main, are very happy with the progress. There is always concern about not winning, but five games into a 38-game season, Bournemouth are just below Chelsea and Manchester United in the table. And the fixtures have been horrible – but they’ve go to Everton, Wolves and Burnley coming up next month.”

Statisticians Opta, , externalpostulated that Bournemouth had the second most difficult run of opening fixtures after Newcastle.

Looking at the Cherries’ five equivalent fixtures last season (West Ham, Tottenham and Chelsea at home, Liverpool and Brentford away), they took zero points from those games in 2022-23 with a combined minus-18 goal difference – so coming away with three points and only a minus-four GD represents a tangible improvement.

Up next in the league? Brighton and Arsenal, and a point or two would be welcome – but the panic button will not be pressed if a win does not come until those easier (on paper) games in October.

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Izzy Christiansen
Everton and England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

The way that West Ham have played this season I saw them beat Chelsea and Brighton and they're playing some really good football I think they've got every reason to be confident.

They're a big club West Ham. They've done really well this season obviously losing Declan Rice. I think they'll give Liverpool a really good game today.

• Brighton are looking to win three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since October 2018 under Chris Hughton.
• Bournemouth are without a win in nine Premier League games, the longest ongoing run of any side currently in the competition (D3 L6). This is the first time they have been winless in their first five league games of a season since 2008-09, when they failed to win any of their first six in League Two.
• Brighton have overperformed their expected goals more than any other side in the Premier League this season, netting 15 goals from an xG of 10.7 so far.
• Since the start of last season, Bournemouth's Neto has the fifth-best save percentage (72.4%) of any goalkeeper to play at least 10 Premier League games. He saved all six shots on target he faced againstChelsealast time out.

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Luis Sinisterra has been speaking to BBC Radio Solent for the first time since joining Bournemouth on loan from Leeds in the summer transfer window.

The winger says he has been settling in well: "The team and club have been really good and have given me a really warm welcome. I'm happy about that.

"I spoke with [former Bournemouth midfielder] Jefferson Lerma and Marcos Senesi before I came, so it was really easy to know about the team, about the club, and of course they said really good things about the club. So that's why I took the decision to come to Bournemouth.

"[Jefferson] said it's a nice club to play at and to develop. Of course he told me about the city and he was really settling in at Bournemouth. So that's one of the reasons why I'm here.

"I spent almost three years with Marcos at Feyenoord, and with Tyler [Adams] one year with him last year. So of course I texted them and they gave me all of the advice and told me everything about this club."

Sinisterra says he was only approached by Bournemouth a "couple of days" before the transfer window closed, adding: "We spoke for a couple of days, then I spoke with the manager. It was a really good project so I was really happy to take the decision."

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Many will look at Bournemouth’s start to the season as 'same old' but, in reality, the signs are positive.

No wins in the opening five games doesn't really paint the whole picture of how our campaign has started. Three points from five games that we got zero points from last season evidently shows an improvement, but it's the shift in performance and style that's the most pleasing aspect for fans.

A far more progressive and offensive style is being implemented well by new gaffer Andoni Iraola, albeit it will take some time to polish as it's completely opposite to how we played last season.

You can add to that the big players missing through injury and a demanding set of fixtures.

So Bournemouth are on the right path and fans have something to be excited about.

Players like Marcus Tavernier, Lloyd Kelly and Dango Ouattara have only just returned. New signing Luis Sinisterra has only just come through the door. And we are still without Tyler Adams and Alex Scott. This simply cannot be forgotten because injuries really do matter.

Impressive points picked up against West Ham United, Brentford and Chelsea shouldn’t be sniffed at. The reality is that Bournemouth have only been beaten by Liverpool and Tottenham, two sides who have yet to lose a Premier League match.

A brand new system and philosophy, with new ideas, will take time to implement but, with missing players returning and the group understanding Andoni’s wishes, it's a matter of time before promising displays turn into results.

Mikel Arteta says he "understands" Aaron Ramsdale's frustrations after he was replaced by David Raya for Arsenal's last two matches.

Summer signing Raya made his debut in last weekend's win at Everton and kept his place for the midweek Champions League victory over PSV Eindhoven.

Arteta has not yet decided who will start Sunday's game against Tottenham.

"I suffer and care about every player who's not playing, but this is the competition," said the Gunners boss.

"This is my job as well to make decisions in the best possible way for the team."

England goalkeeper Ramsdale had started 52 successive Premier League games for Arsenal before missing out to Raya, a summer loan signing from Brentford, at Goodison Park last Sunday.

Arteta played down the significance of the decision after the game, saying he was happy to rotate goalkeepers as he would any outfield position.

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Pat Nevin
Former Scotland winger on BBC's Football Daily podcast

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If it is done professionally and with the right information given to the keepers, if it is done with good reasons and you can understand what those reasons are, you can grumpily put up with it.

But the regularly changing, I think that is too disruptive and will affect everyone. Here's your problem, if you do it and it doesn't go right, not only does it not look very good, it looks dreadful.

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No player has more Premier League assists this season than Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (four).

He has also either scored or assisted in his past 11 Premier League appearances, with only three players doing so in 12 in a row - Stan Collymore (12 between March-August 1995), Jamie Vardy (15 between August-December 2015) and Salah himself (15 between August-December 2021).

Tottenham Hotspur

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Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou speaking to the media prior to the clash with Arsenal about why Brennan Johnson starts: "Looking at the context of the game and what we may need today. Brennan has trained well and his pace will add another dimension to our game."

On what he is looking for from his side today: "A good performance is the key. You want to know how you are going to go against one of the best teams in the league. It is about our performance.

"I am looking forward to it. I have had a lot of firsts this season and this is anther one. It's why we do what we do."

Arsenal

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta speaking ahead of the clash with Tottenham about why Leandro Trossard is not involved: "He felt a muscle in training and he wasn't fit. We have to see the extend of that injury but he wasn't fit for today. Somebody has to come and fill that gap. You have to adapt to it and give opportunities to the other players and step in."

On selecting David Raya: "It's always a lot of headaches. We have a quality squad and players with a lot of potential."

Ambitions for today: "Trying to play the best possible way, like we do every game. This one is different because you can sense the emotion from the crowd. They are gong to be behind us, we have to use the energy to give us the advantage."

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Emirates Stadium

Surely David Raya's selection as Arsenal keeper for this north London derby with Tottenam means he is now manager Mikel Arteta's first choice from now on.

You pick your preferred choice for these games and the last seven days have indicated strongly that Raya is the top man.

Penny for the thoughts of the demoted Aaron Ramsdale.