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Yet another London Derby for us to look forward to and this one looks likely to be an absolute cracker.
Arsenal are on 18 points, the same as Chelsea but it is Chelsea who are looking like the team with most to offer at the moment.
Mikel Arteta looks like a manager with the weight of the world on his shoulders at the moment. Arsenal are usually up there with the leaders at this stage of the season, but as it stands, they are already 7 points behind Liverpool.
Even though there must be a great deal of pressure on the Chelsea management team due to the enormous amount of money they have spent, they are playing some exciting football with Cole Palmer controlling games as the Chelsea midfield general and this is definitely a team who have a number of players who are more than capable of scoring.
Odds and Predictions
The football betting sites have priced this match up very closely, with Arsenal the narrow favourites at 2.40, the odds on Chelsea are 2.80 and the draw is 3.40.
The big news for this match is whether Cole Palmer will be fit or not after the foul by Lisandro Martinez in the match against Manchester United, a tackle which was surely worthy of a red card.
For the first of our predictions, we are going for the draw and at odds of 3.40 and, to be more specific, a correct score of 1 – 1, which is available at odds of 7.0.
For the last of our tips, we are going to recommend a bet on the ‘To Score at Any Time’ market.
Nicolas Jackson is the pick, a player who is scoring for fun at the moment and the odds of 3.50 are pretty generous in our opinion.
Comparison and Statistics
Arsenal and Chelsea have faced each other H2H a total of 208 times.
Arsenal have won 83 of these games, Chelsea have won 66, with 59 matches ending in a draw.
Chelsea have the upper hand in the last 5 head to head meetings, winning 4 and drawing 1.
| Past Meetings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2024 | arsenal | 5-0 | chelsea | Premier League |
| 21 Oct 2023 | chelsea | 2-2 | arsenal | Premier League |
| 02 May 2023 | arsenal | 3-1 | chelsea | Premier League |
| 06 Nov 2022 | chelsea | 0-1 | arsenal | Premier League |
| 20 Apr 2022 | chelsea | 2-4 | arsenal | Premier League |
Expected Line Ups
We are including Cole Palmer in the Chelsea line up as he is not in the squad to face FC Noah in the Conference League on Thursday night, so he will have plenty of time to rest.
For Arsenal, Odegaard is still out injured and haven’t Arsenal missed him?
It just goes to show what a top-class player he is, but the good news for Arsenal is that he is back in training. Arteta will want to be certain that he has fully recovered before easing him back in the side, though.
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): R. Sanchez; M. Cucurella, W. Fofana, Levi Colwill, Reece James; M. Caicedo, E. Fernandez; Pedro Neto, Cole Palmer, Noni Madueke; N. Jackson.
Arsenal (4-2-3-1): David Raya; J. Timber, Gabriel, W. Saliba, T. Partey; G. Martinelli, Mikel Merino, Declan Rice; Bukayo Saka, L. Trossard, Kai Havertz.
How Will the Season Pan Out
A few of the Premier League big cubs are dropping points at the moment, as Nottingham Forest, sitting in third place, confirms.
Liverpool and Manchester City have already opened a gap between them and the rest of the pack and we know from past experience how rare it is for both teams to drop points over the course of a season, especially Man City.
We think Chelsea and Arsenal will be challenging for a top 4 finish but the season is still young.
This already has the feeling of a ‘funny’ season, so you never know what will happen.
