Arsenal
will open their new year with a big game against the London side Chelsea in the
22nd match week of English Premier League at Emirates Stadium.
Kick-Off:
19:45 BST
Date: Wednesday,
3 January 2018
Venue: Emirates
Stadium, London
Referee: Anthony
Taylor
Team News:
Arsenal
Mesut
Ozil missed last game against West Brom through a knee injury, he remains a
doubt.
Laurent
Koscielny was subbed in the last game due to a minor knock, he will be assessed
later.
Sead
Kolasinac also picked up injury earlier today, while Nacho Monreal is a doubt.
Santi
Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud remain long term absentees.
Manager
Antonio Conte will be without duo David Luiz and Charly Musonda as both are
ruled out for the London Derby.
Andreas
Christensen is back and likely to replace Gary Cahill at the center back position.
Tiemoue
Bakayoko, Davide Zappacosta, Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas all are likely to take
a starting role in the lineup.
Possible Lineups:
Stats:
Chelsea
have kept clean sheets in their last 4 games in Premier League.
Arsenal
have lost only 1 of their last 17 games in Premier League.
Chelsea
are unbeaten in 12 of their last 13 games in Premier League.
Chelsea
have won 4 of their last 5 games in Premier League.
In
last 4 meetings between them in all campaigns, 3 red cards have been drawn.
Prediction:
Arsenal
1 – 1 Chelsea, tough game for the host, especially after a struggling last game against West Brom.
Columinst: Junaid Effendi, is the Chief Editor at Football News Guru. He writes match preview and report of all big games. See all his articles.
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