11 things you SHOULD know about Spurs v Arsenal

Here are 11 things you should know about Spurs v Arsenal:

1. The Tottenham Hotspur players covered a total of 101,484m (63.06miles) during their 2-1 win at Wigan Athletic last weekend. This was 10,040m less than the total distance covered by the Wigan players during the game.

2. The Arsenal players covered a total of 110,237m (68.50miles) during their 3-0 win at the Emirates last weekend against Bolton Wanderers. This was 5,429m further than the total distance covered by the Bolton players during the game.

3. Gareth Bale was the Spurs player to cover the most ground(11,386m/7.07miles) against Wigan, closely followed by Scott Parker (11,173m/6.94miles) and Sandro (10,951m/6.80miles).

4. Aaron Ramsey was the Arsenal player who covered the most ground (12,053m/7.49miles) during the game against Bolton, followed by Mikel Arteta (10,877m/6.76miles) and Alex Song (10,715m/6.66miles).

5. Ramsey was one metre shy of covering 10,000m during the game against Bolton WHILE the ball was in play.

6. Loan signing Emmanuel Adebayor was the Spurs player to clock the fastest top speed against Wigan, being measured at a fastest of 11.495 metres per second/25.71MPH.

7. Robin van Persie’s brace against Swansea City last weekend saw him score his 100th Arsenal goal and also climb 141 places on the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index to sit in 39th place currently.

8. Van Persie’s three Barclays Premier League goals this season have now come on average every 182minutes 40seconds of action.

9. The Dutchman has had 29 total shots in the Barclays Premier League this season, more than any other player. Van Persie has hit the target with 65.52% of these shots.

10. Gareth Bale is the Spurs player to have had the most shots on goal (19) this season, making the goalkeeper work with 52.63% of these being on target. In fact, Bale has a higher tackles won percentage (77.78%) than his shots on target percentage!

11. Aaron Ramsey is the Barclays Premier League player who has currently completed the most passed in the opposition half (198) ahead of David Silva (186) and former team-mate Samir Nasri (163).

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Written by Escapini