Four, seven and one - those will be the three numbers on everybody's mind when they walk into White Hart Lane Sunday.
Arsenal face Tottenham in a high-voltage English Premier League clash with plenty at stake. Four points currently separate the two sides. A win for Arsenal can take them to within one point, while Spurs can increase the gap to seven with three points of their own.
There are always several sub-plots when the two teams who do not like each other - or at least two fans who don't like each other - take field to battle it out over 90 minutes.
The form book, as they say, always goes out of the window when it comes to Derbies. Good for Arsenal then, who are suffering a confidence crisis following their two heartbreaking losses to Blackburn Rovers and Bayern Munich. The narrow 2-1 win over Aston Villa last weekend would have done little to settle the nerves among the players, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal faithful.
Tottenham, on the confidence and form barometer are at the exact opposite end. They are on an 11-match unbeaten run in the Premier League and in Gareth Bale they have the most in-form player in Europe at the moment.
Bale will affect the game somehow; there is little doubt about that. Arsenal are not exactly renowned for their defense, and the likes of Bale and Aaron Lennon, with their pace, can hurt Arsenal on the counter.
However, so can Arsenal, with Spurs likely to have a lot of possession at home. Wenger said he will not have any special plans to stop the juggernaut that is Bale; instead he will concentrate on his own team.
That is well and good and exactly what is expected from the Frenchman to say publicly. But, something suggests that there might be a little plan here or there, with someone like Aaron Ramsey, probably, asked to keep a close eye on the Welshman.
Arsenal have had the upperhand in the last two North London derbies, having won 5-2 on both occasions, albeit both of them at home.
Theo Walcott was on fire in both of those games; a constant threat on the right, and making those intelligent runs in behind the defense.
Walcott, like Bale, is another Southampton product, and with all the attention currently towards the Spurs man, the Arsenal forward might just be keen to make his own headlines - positive ones of course.
Another aspect that adds a bit of spice to the fixture is Emmanuel Adebayor. The Spurs striker is not exactly a favorite of the Arsenal fans, with only probably Samir Nasri more hated than the Togo international.
Adebayor had a derby to forget at the Emirates earlier this season; almost immediately after scoring, he was sent off for an awful challenge.
Andre Villas-Boas will have to think long and hard about starting with the former Arsenal forward, or risk playing Jermain Defoe from the beginning, with the striker just returning from a long-term injury. Spurs will also be without Sandro, Tom Huddlestone, Younnes Kaboul and Clint Dempsey, who picked up a calk problem.
Arsenal also have injury worries, with their first-choice fullbacks Kieran Gibbs and Bacary Sagna ruled out, while the almost-never-fit Abou Diaby is a doubt.
It's hard to predict a game which has so many elements in it which could sway the game either way. Spurs are on the up, definitely; while Arsenal have regressed with every passing season. However, with the attacking talent on display on both sides, goals can be predicted, not so much the result.
Expected lineups: Tottenham: Lloris; Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Assou-Ekotto; Dembele, Parker; Lennon, Holtby, Bale; Defoe.
Arsenal: Szczesny; Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Monreal; Ramsey, Arteta; Walcott, Wilshere, Cazorla; Giroud.
Prediction: 2-1 to Arsenal
