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2018/19 Premier League: Chelsea vs Arsenal - Predicted Line-ups

Chelsea will host Arsenal in the first London derby of the 2018/19 Premier League season. Maurizio Sarri is the new Chelsea boss and Unai Emery is Arsenal's.

Arsenal manager Unai Emery will look for his first Premier League win against Chelsea this weekend

Bengaluru, August 17: The 2018/19 Premier League will see its first London derby this Saturday (August 18) when Chelsea take on arch-rivals Arsenal at Stamford Bridge at 10 pm IST (Watch the match live on Star Sports Select and Hotstar).

Both the London clubs come into this season with a new set of managers. While Maurizio Sarri replaced Antonio Conte in Chelsea, Unai Emery was roped in for long-time Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

After losing the FA Community Shield game against Manchester City, Chelsea began their Premier League season on a positive note, winning 3-0 away at Huddersfield Town.

However, Arsenal suffered a 0-2 home defeat in their 2018/19 Premier League season opener against the defending champions Manchester City.

In the pre-season European tour, the match between Arsenal and Chelsea ended 1-1 after 90 minutes. Arsenal later edged Chelsea 6-5 in a penalty shootout.

In their recent meetings, Arsenal have had a decent record over the West London club (Chelsea) as the North London club hasn’t suffered a defeat in the last six meetings (won three and drew three) against The Blues.

Both their previous season’s (2017/18) Premier League matches ended in draws. The Stamford Bridge game was a goalless draw last September, while the Emirates Stadium game finished 2-2 this January.

Chelsea defeated Arsenal last time in February 2017, a 3-1 win in the Premier League.


Injuries

Chelsea – The 25-year-old central-midfielder Marco van Ginkel is the only Chelsea player in the injury list.

Arsenal – Defenders Carl Jenkinson, Laurent Koscielny & Sead Kolasinac and the midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles are in the Arsenal injury list.


Team’s predicted starting line-ups

Chelsea predicted XI:

Kepa Arrizabalaga

Cesar Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Antonio Rudiger, Marcos Alonso

Jorginho, N’Golo Kante, Ross Barkley, Pedro, Eden Hazard

Alvaro Morata



Arsenal predicted XI:

Petr Cech

Hector Bellerin, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Stephan Lichtsteiner

Lucas Torreira, Granit Xhaka, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Mesut Ozil

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette

Story first published: Friday, August 17, 2018, 16:19 [IST]
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