The Emirates Stadium performs host to an all-London affair within the Premier League on Sunday as Arsenal tackle prime 4 hopefuls Chelsea.
Mikel Arteta’s Gunners have loved their current duels with the Blues, though they had been held to a degree by Enzo Maresca’s facet again in November. A Pedro Neto strike from distance cancelled out Gabriel Martinelli’s opener.
That contest arrived earlier than Chelsea launched into a stellar run which briefly noticed them thought of title contenders. They have been introduced again all the way down to Earth over the previous couple of months, with securing a spot in subsequent season’s Champions League their major goal for the rest of 2024/25.
After profitable back-to-back league video games, Chelsea are fourth with 49 factors. They’re six factors off Arsenal in second, with the Gunners extending their winless run within the league to 3 video games final week as they had been held to a 1-1 draw at Manchester United.
Their deficit to league leaders Liverpool is 15 factors with simply 9 video games remaining after this weekend. Nonetheless, they continue to be within the Champions League and can absolutely prioritise their quarter-final with Actual Madrid subsequent month.
Right here is 90min’s information to Sunday’s London derby.
Arsenal vs Chelsea head-to-head document (final 5 video games)
Present type (all competitions)
Arsenal
Chelsea
Arsenal 2-2 PSV – 12/03/25
Chelsea 1-0 Copenhagen – 13/03/25
Man Utd 1-1 Arsenal – 09/03/25
Chelsea 1-0 Leicester – 09/03/25
PSV 1-7 Arsenal – 04/03/25
Copenhagen 1-2 Chelsea – 06/03/25
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Arsenal – 26/02/25
Chelsea 4-0 Southampton – 25/02/25
Arsenal 0-1 West Ham – 22/02/25
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea – 22/02/25
Nation
TV channel/stay stream
United Kingdom
Sky Go UK, NOW, SKY GO Further, Sky Sports activities Fundamental Occasion, Sky Sports activities Premier League, Sky Extremely HD
United States
Peacock, ViX
Canada
DAZN Canada
Arteta made wholesale adjustments for Wednesday’s second leg in opposition to PSV, with Oleksandr Zinchenko and Raheem Sterling each impressing on uncommon begins. Sterling, nevertheless, can not characteristic in opposition to his mum or dad membership this weekend.
Gabriel Martinelli may make his first begin in over a month, whereas Martin Odegaard and Thomas Partey are anticipated to return to Arsenal’s midfield. Jurrien Timber ought to return to the Gunners’ backline after having fun with some midweek respite.
Gabriel Jesus, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, and Takehiro Tomiyasu stay out of motion.
Arsenal predicted lineup vs Chelsea (4-3-3): Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Partey, Rice, Odegaard; Nwaneri, Merino, Martinelli.
Chelsea have lately been boosted by the return of Wesley Fofana from harm, and the Frenchman is predicted to accomplice Levi Colwill, who did not characteristic on Thursday, on the Emirates.
Cole Palmer, Marc Cucurella, Robert Sanchez, and Reece James are all set for returns to Maresca’s group.
The Blues are nonetheless with out Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueke, with Pedro Neto prone to lead the guests’ line once more. Christopher Nkunku is an alternate. David Datro Fofana, Marc Guiu, and Malo Gusto are prone to miss out.
Chelsea predicted lineup vs Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; James, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Palmer, Nkunku, Sancho; Neto.
Arteta and Maresca rotated in midweek, so each beginning XIs must be fairly contemporary. Whereas Arsenal proceed to wrestle for targets domestically, they’re going through a Chelsea group with a poor current document on this fixture.
The Gunners have an alternate attacking choice out there in Martinelli, and though the Blues have gained 4 on the bounce, supporters are battling Maresca and his reasonably mundane model. With Palmer out of types and Jackson sidelined, the guests are unlikely to trigger an excessive amount of harm, however Arsenal’s personal ultimate third woes imply a battering – like final season’s 5-0 – should not come to go.
A aggressive and tight affair on the Emirates might be edged by the hosts.
