Chelsea and Arsenal will clash on Saturday the 21st of October at 12:30 pm in the 9th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in London at the Stamford Bridge. The chosen referee is Chris Kavanagh.
Chelsea is in the 11th position in the league with 11 points. It comes from a 1-4 win against Burnley in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 3 times, drawn twice, and lost 3 times.
Arsenal occupies the 2nd place in the standings with 20 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Manchester City in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 6 times and drawn twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-2-3-1 and 3-4-2-1 (3 times or 37.50% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero is expected to play against Arsenal with the following players: Robert Sánchez, Levi Colwill, Thiago Silva, Malo Gusto, Moisés Caicedo, Conor Gallagher, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Enzo Fernández and Raheem Sterling.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Chelsea would be 24.78.
There are doubts about the presence of Axel Disasi and Nicolas Jackson.
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero will probably not be able to employ Marcus Bettinelli, Benoît Badiashile, Reece James, Armando Broja and Cole Palmer because of injury.
Trevoh Chalobah, Ben Chilwell, Wesley Fofana, Malang Sarr, Carney Chukwuemeka, Roméo Lavia and Christopher Nkunku will definitely miss the match.
Arsenal
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (8 times).
Mikel Arteta Amatriain is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: David Raya, Gabriel Magalhães, William Saliba, Ben White, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Declan Rice, Martin Ødegaard, Jorginho, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Arsenal would be 25.80.
There are doubts about the presence of Bukayo Saka.
Mikel Arteta Amatriain will probably not be able to employ Leandro Trossard because of injury.
Jurrien Timber will definitely miss the match.