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The emblematic London derby closes the 34th day of the Premier League, of which we already remember several exciting matches: Crystal Palace’s most difficult victory over West Ham (4-3), Wolverhampton’s capital defeat against Brighton ( 0-6) and Liverpool’s victory over Tottenham in the dying seconds with Spurs coming back 0:3 (the final score is 4:3).
Whatever game Mikel Arteta’s side have shown this season, they are still not ready to force a title fight on Manchester City, which was confirmed in their recent game, where the Londoners lost devastatingly 4-1. Now Arsenal have to wait for the defending champions to fail and still win every league game. With these factors in place, the Gunners could claim a big triumph at the end of the season.
Chelsea are tough opposition, even though the Blues are 12th in the table and have had a poor season overall. No wonder they say that “an injured animal is doubly dangerous”, and in this sense the value of the match for the “aristocrats” increases incomparably. Today’s rival Arsenal boasts a good defensive game – 35 goals conceded, only the Citizens and Newcastle United have less (30 and 27, respectively).
In 210 games between the teams, 82 times London was “painted” in red, 68 in blue. At the same time, Arsenal have won the last three encounters against Chelsea. Moreover, Chelsea’s personnel losses inspire confidence that the Gunners are the favorites for today’s encounter: Reece James, Mason Mount, Kalidou Koulibaly and Mark Cucurella will definitely miss the game, and those are problems really. serious. According to Lampard, the question of Kai Havertz’s participation can be considered closed: the player is ready for the game against Arsenal. In turn, Arteta replaced the positions of Tomiyasu, Saliba and Elneni for a long time with other players.
The Emirates stands will push Arsenal forward with all their might, and this atmosphere will give strength and confidence to the home players. One of the Gunners players, Jorginho, was a former Chelsea player and worked under current Blues manager Frank Lampard. Let’s see if the ‘aristocrats’ mentor will make drastic changes to his team’s playing model, or will Arsenal themselves surprise?
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