Mikel Arteta\u2019s side arrives in strong form following a 4\u20131 demolition of Tottenham, boasting excellent home statistics with multiple consecutive clean sheets at the Emirates. Arsenal have also built a psychological edge over their rivals, having lost just once in their last 25 Premier League derbies and going unbeaten in 10 meetings against Chelsea across all competitions.<\/p>\n
Team news is mixed for the hosts. Bukayo Saka remains a fitness doubt after an ankle concern, while Kai Havertz is pushing for a return. Ben White and Max Dowman are also edging closer to fitness but require late checks.<\/p>\n
Chelsea\u2019s recent resurgence under new manager Liam Rosenior makes them a dangerous opponent despite troubling stats against Arsenal. The Blues have not won at the Emirates since 2021 and have struggled away from home against title-chasing sides this season. A number of defensive absences, including suspensions for Wesley Fofana and injuries to Marc Cucurella and Estevao Willian, further weaken their options.<\/p>\n
Arsenal XI:<\/strong> Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Zubimendi, Rice; Saka, Eze, Trossard; Gyokeres.<\/p>\n Chelsea\u2019s XI:<\/strong> Sanchez; James, Adarabioyo, Chalobah, Gusto; Caicedo, Santos; Palmer, Fernandez, Neto; Pedro.<\/p>\n With Arsenal tipped as favourites by data models and their derby record pointing firmly in their favour, pundits are backing a narrow Gunners victory, a result that could prove pivotal in the title race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mikel Arteta\u2019s side arrives in strong form following a 4\u20131 demolition of Tottenham, boasting excellent home statistics with multiple consecutive\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":44266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4650],"tags":[270,3187,312,3918,3796,330,4728,3800,702,359,4467,4883],"class_list":["post-44538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","tag-arsenal","tag-blues","tag-chelsea","tag-english-premier-league","tag-football","tag-gunners","tag-london-derby","tag-manchester-city","tag-mikel-arteta","tag-pep-guardiola","tag-rosenior","tag-title-race"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44539,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44538\/revisions\/44539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}