Chelsea vs. Arsenal: Preview and betting tips

There are a lot of interesting games on the Premier League schedule on Sunday, and the day kicks off with Chelsea and Arsenal in London. The Gunners have so far managed to keep all their chasers at bay, the Blues have also failed to win three times in a row, will that be true after the final whistle?

Graham Potter has jumped on the bandwagon and has to deal with a large number of players right from the sidelines. Wesley Fofana, N’Golo Kanté, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Ben Chilwell and Reece James are all out. The pair of Mateo Kovacic – Denis Zakaria also had some health problems.

The English coach, who made a name for himself at Brighton, who Arsenal will face after this Sunday’s fixture, has so far coached 11 games on the Chelsea bench.

And out of that run of games, his new charges have lost only once, in their last league game against their former employers.

The Blues fell 1: 4 at Brighton, but otherwise they are 100 per cent apart from draws with Manchester United and Brentford.

However, we are talking about the fact that they have lost their victories in games against weaker sides – Crystal Palace, Wolves and Aston Villa. However, Chelsea did great in the Champions League, where they won all four of their remaining matches except for the opening draw with Salzburg.

Arsenal, on the other hand, continued their winning ways even after losing to PSV, knocking Nottingham Forest to their knees with 5 goals and then beating FC Zurich in the Europa League. This leaves the Gunners still in the lead with a two-point lead over Manchester City.

So now, Mikel Arteta’s charges have a tough job ahead of them at Stamford Bridge, with possible pressure from the Citizens, who play Fulham on Saturday. In the event of a win, Manchester City will go top of the league table.

Both teams are dominant on the ball, with only Manchester City and Liverpool having a higher percentage of possession. Arsenal, however, have been more successful in taking shots, having posted an average of 16.2 shots per game this league season. The Blues only 12.2.

As far as mutual matches are concerned, the Gunners have won 3 out of the last 5 measurements of strength, counting friendlies. In the last league game, 6 goals were scored. And goals are what you can definitely count on in duels between these two teams, or at least they used to be.

After all, Arsenal are now very good defensively, with only Newcastle (10 goals) conceding less than the Gunners (11 goals). Chelsea have netted 15 goals this season. But the big difference is already in goals scored, there it is 30 to 17 in favor of the red and white.

Sources: Whoscred, Premier League