CHELSEA v Arsenal: Preview

Date: Sunday thirtieth
November 2025

Venue: Stamford Bridge

Kick-off: 16:30 GMT

In the present day’s
recreation brings Arsenal and their questionable style in music to Stamford
Bridge—hopefully their anthem is the worst factor they bring about with them!

Each
groups are using excessive after midweek Champions League triumphs: we gave
Barcelona a lesson they received’t overlook in a rush (3-0, cheers), whereas Arsenal beat
Bayern 3-1. We begin the day third within the desk, due to Metropolis nearly
scraping previous Leeds yesterday, and we’ve bagged 9 wins in our final 11
video games—somebody put out the bunting!

While
we beat Burley away in our final Premier League recreation, Stamford Bridge has been
extra like a well mannered B&B for visiting groups this season—solely 43.5% of our
Premier League factors have come at house (statisticians are crying into their
calculators as we communicate). Arsenal, in contrast, are on a roll: earlier than
outplaying Bayern, they thrashed Sp*rs 4-1, which is frankly at all times amusing.

Right here’s the catch—back-to-back house wins within the league nonetheless elude us (and beating Wolves final day trip at house is hardly brag-worthy). To high it off, our final victory over Arsenal was so way back it’s most likely been archived. And let’s be sincere, Arsenal have been swanning previous defences stronger than ours all season, so if we’re handing out set-pieces like occasion favours and it bites us on the bottom, don’t be shocked—it’s virtually a Stamford Bridge custom!

MANAGER’S VIEWS

Going into
immediately’s recreation, Enzo Maresca, says “It’s one other large recreation. We completed the one
in opposition to Barca with a very good feeling. If it’s greater than the final one, I don’t
know. For me, they’re all essential. It’s a pleasant feeling, but it surely’s three
factors. Then we’ve Leeds, which is three factors in the identical means.

For certain,
Arsenal defend fantastically. Any crew in opposition to them struggles to attain targets.
Not solely to attain targets however to create possibilities. In order a crew, they defend very
properly, and so they have weapons once they assault. They usually’re not simply [a threat
from set-pieces] in opposition to one or two groups, they rating targets from set-pieces
in opposition to any crew. In opposition to Bayern Munich, they scored their first objective from a
nook. They rating targets in opposition to any crew, they’ve a system in place that
works very properly, and we’ll do our greatest to cease them.”

Arsenal
supervisor, Mikel Arteta, in the meantime, says “It’s an enormous recreation, it’s an enormous London
derby, we’re going to play a very good opponent, and they’re in actually good
type. We all know the problem, we all know the chance that we’ve as properly on
Sunday, so we’re absolutely ready for it. After beating Spurs at house, then we
need to make an announcement in opposition to Bayern Munich, we’ve accomplished that and now we’ve
to go to the following one. That’s the place we’re, we knew the significance of the week,
not solely that, however what’s coming after three days goes to be precisely the
similar, nothing goes to vary. However we’re tremendous motivated for the sport.”

SQUAD NEWS

For Chelsea, Levi Colwill (ACL), and Romeo Lavia (thigh) stay out injured however Cole Palmer (toe) is lastly obtainable, together with Dario Essugo (thigh). Mykhaylo Mudryk remains to be suspended.

For Arsenal, Gabriel Magalhaes
(hamstring) and Gabriel Jesus (health) are considered out, Victor Gyokeres
(hamstring) and Kai Havertz (knee) might be assessed forward of the sport in accordance
to Arteta. While Leandro Trossard (muscular), who got here off in opposition to Bayern, might
nonetheless be obtainable.

TEAMS

CHELSEA (Attainable line-up): Sanchez; James, Adarabioyo, Chalobah, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Estevao, Pedro, Neto; Delap

ARSENAL (Attainable line-up): Raya; Timber, Lintasa, Hincapie, Calafiori; Eze, Zubimendi, Rice; Saka, Merino, Martinelli

LAST SEASON

Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal (tenth
November 2024)

CURRENT FORM (PL)

CHELSEA: WWLWWW

ARSENAL: WWWWDW

OTHER STUFF

Chelsea
have received simply one in all their final 11 Premier League video games in opposition to Arsenal Chelsea
are and not using a win in seven in opposition to ArsenalArsenal
are unbeaten of their final six visits to Stamford BridgeSince the beginning of 2022-23, Arsenal have
misplaced simply three of their 40 London derby video games within the Premier LeagueMikel
Arteta has the third highest Premier League win fee in opposition to Chelsea (58.3% –
7/12) of any supervisor to take cost of 10+ video games in opposition to them

PREDICTION

Sportsmole: Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal