After losing their first Under 18 Premier League South fixture to Aston Villa, Stuart Lewis’ Spurs Under 18 side face Arsenal in a Premier League South North London derby on Saturday morning (the game starts at 11:00am), at Arsenal’s London Colney training ground. Last season Spurs’ Under 18 side lost 4-1 to Arsenal in this league fixture, before then winning 3-2 in the reverse fixture at Hotspur Way. This is always a very competitive game, and it will be interesting to see whether Arsenal Under 21’s regulars so far this season – Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly will feature for the Arsenal Under 18 side in this important game on Saturday. Spurs will be hoping to respond well to losing 4-0 to Aston Villa on the opening day of the Premier League South season, and this should be a really good game between two very good teams. Arsenal reached the final of the FA Youth Cup last season, with Spurs of course winning the Under 17 and Under 18 Premier League Cups. Unfortunately I won’t be able to watch the game on Saturday, as Arsenal are not letting fans in to watch the game at their training ground. However, I wish the Spurs Under 18 side all the very best for this fixture.

My predicted lineup: (4-3-3) Krasniqi, Black, Rowswell, Morgan, King, Willhoft-King, Olusesi, Hall, Irow, Ajayi (c), Moore.

Substitutes from: Bloedorn, Adekunle, Arganese-McDermott, Akhamrich, Lehane.

Injured/unavailable: N/A.

Doubtful: N/A.

Previous meeting: Spurs 3-2.

My score prediction: Spurs 4-2.

My one to watch: Ethan Nwaneri (16). The first year scholar with Arsenal is a really talented player, who has already featured for the Arsenal first team, as well as for their Under 21 side on a good number of occasions. The highly skilful midfielder really impressed me when the Spurs Under 21 side faced Arsenal last season in the Premier League 2, and if he does feature against Spurs’ Under 18 side on Saturday, then it will make what is always a difficult game, even more difficult for Spurs. Ethan has scored three goals and provided two assists this season, from three games for the Arsenal Under 21 side.