On Wednesday Apr 20th, Chelsea and Arsenal will play a match in London in a clash of the Premier League in the ever popular London derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 3rd placed Chelsea, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Crystal Palace. Ruben Loftus-Cheek struck first for Chelsea in the 65th minute on a feed from Kai Havertz, then Mason Mount added another in the 76th minute In the end, Crystal Palace was frustrated by Chelsea’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Chelsea ended the match with the shutout victory. Chelsea is on a hot streak lately, with 8 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Arsenal, recorded a 0-1 loss against Southampton. Jan Bednarek struck first for Southampton in the 44th minute on a feed from Mohamed Elyounoussi, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Arsenal couldn’t muster any offence and Southampton ran away with the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Arsenal should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Sunday Aug 22nd, Arsenal hosted Chelsea in their last match together. Chelsea took the match by a score of 2 to 0. Romelu Lukaku scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 15th minute, then Reece James added another in the 35th minute In the end, Arsenal couldn’t muster any offence and Chelsea ran away with the shutout win.
Arsenal is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Bukayo Saka and Martin Ødegaard each only have 1 goal in their last five. Mason Mount has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 4 goals for Chelsea
Chelsea will be without Hakim Ziyech, Reece James, Callum Hudson-Odoi, César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen and Romelu Lukaku, while Arsenal will be without Alexandre Lacazette and Kieran Tierney.