Arsenal and Chelsea both seek to preserve their unbeaten starts to the Premier League season as they meet in a blockbuster London derby.
Victory by a two-goal margin or more will lift Arsenal onto the summit, whilst Chelsea can leapfrog the Gunners and go second with a win but would need a three-goal winning margin to go top.
Team News
Cristhian Mosquera, Bruno Guimaraes and Declan Rice are expected to feature for Arsenal after they shook off knocks from their 1-0 win at Aston Villa.
Jurrien Timber (groin) could feature but William Saliba (back) remains ruled out.
Chelsea could welcome midfielder, Moises Caicedo back into contention after he missed their 4-3 win over Brighton due to a knock.
Jordan Henderson (wrist) and Marco Palestra (knock) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Arsenal host Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on Sunday 6 September at 4:30pm BST, live on Sky Sports Main Event and Football in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Arsenal are unbeaten in their last nine league meetings against Chelsea (W6, D3).
- Chelsea have won just one of their last six league visits to Arsenal (W1, L5).
- Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 10 London derbies at home in the top flight (W8, D2).
- Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer have both scored in Chelsea’s first two league matches this season (W2).
Prediction
Having scraped their way past Villa in a tight low-quality battle with just two of seven shots on target, Arsenal now need to show the flair of their opening-weekend win over Coventry a fortnight ago if they want to win this as they’re definitely in for a tough scrap.
Chelsea meanwhile have the firepower to battle their way to a rare away top-flight win at the Emirates Stadium but their defence is their biggest Achilles heel so far, which isn’t ideal given the attacking quality that Arsenal have to trouble their defence.
I honestly expect this to either be an entertaining goals-filled game or a tight cagey contest and on instinct, I am going for the former and a point apiece.
Prediction: Arsenal 2-2 Chelsea
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