Arsenal will be hosting Chelsea at the Emirates Stadim on Saturday, September 24th for a classic London Derby. The two teams are hateful rivals, and matches between the two teams are often very tight affairs.
Arsenal (3-1-1) have finally found some good form as they have won their 3 most recent Premier League matches. They also found success mid-week at the EFL Cup, where they defeated Nottingham Forest with 4-0 on the road and they managed to qualify to the next round. Last week they also managed to take a positive result, this time a 1-1 draw against Paris Saint Germaine for the first match of the Champions League. However, Arsenal are still suffering from numerous injuries, as Giroud, Mertesacker, Ramsey, Welbeck, Jenkinson and Gabriel are still injured. Arsenal will also have to deal with their bad recent history against Chelsea, as they have failed to score in their last 6 Premier League matches against the Blues.
On the other hand, Chelsea (3-1-1) are sitting at the 5th place of the Premier League with 10 points, just as many as the 4th Arsenal and the 6th Liverpool. They were also involved in a mid-week fixture for the EFL Cup, where they managed to come back from a 2 goal deficit to finally take the qualification at extra time with 4-2 against Leicester. However, they haven’t been able to win any of their 2 most recent Premier League matches, as they lost with 2-1 to Liverpool at home, while they had played for a 2-2 draw on the road against Swansea prior to that. They haven’t been defeated by Arsenal in their 9 most recent matches for the Premier League, while they have also kept clean sheets in their last 6. Defender Zouma is still injured, while the team still hasn’t set a return date for the other defender, Jason Terry.