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Chelsea vs Arsenal

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Stamford Bridge

Date: 6th November 2022

Kick-off time – 12:00 GMT

Chelsea and Arsenal will square up at Stamford Bridge this Sunday in the 61st edition of the London derby in the Premier League era.

The Blues come into this tie looking to get back to winning ways in the league after suffering their first loss under Graham Potter last time out.

Chelsea were beaten 4-1 by Potter’s former side Brighton with the Seagulls scoring three times in the first half ending the Londoner’s nine game unbeaten run under the charismatic Englishman. That result also extended Chelsea’s winless run in the league to three games after they suffered stalemates against Manchester United and Brentford.

However, they bounced back last time out in the Champions League beating Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 courtesy of goals from Raheem Sterling and debutant Denis Zakaria. They’ll welcome Arsenal to Stamford Bridge looking to follow that up with a first victory of the season over a ‘big six’ rival.

With the game coming up at Stamford Bridge, the Blues will fancy their chances of getting a good result given that they are undefeated this season at home. However, beating Arsenal on home soil in the PL is something Chelsea haven’t managed since August 2018 (D1, L2 since).

Also, no side in the competition’s history have recorded more victories over the Blues than the Gunners (23) and the last team to beat Chelsea at home was Mikel Arteta’s men who ran out 4-2 winners the last time both sides met in April.

The Gunners will feel that they have the psychological advantage coming into this fixture. They are the only PL side to score in each of their matches this season and come into this tie sitting atop of the league table having lost just once while scoring the second-highest number of goals in the league this season (30).

However, they are winless in their last two away games and struggled to overcome FC Zurich in the Europa League last time out. After the game, Arteta complained that his side failed to control proceedings.

Arteta will hope for an improved performance at the Bridge where his side are looking to record another win that will keep them seated at the top of the table ahead of the upcoming World Cup break.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
January 14, 2025
Brentford 20:30 Manchester City
West Ham United 20:30 Fulham
Chelsea 20:30 AFC Bournemouth
Nottingham Forest 21:00 Liverpool
January 15, 2025
Everton 20:30 Aston Villa
Leicester City 20:30 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 20:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arsenal 21:00 Tottenham Hotspur
January 16, 2025
Ipswich Town 20:30 Brighton & Hov…
Manchester United 21:00 Southampton
January 18, 2025
Newcastle United 13:30 AFC Bournemouth
Brentford 16:00 Liverpool
Leicester City 16:00 Fulham
West Ham United 16:00 Crystal Palace
Arsenal 18:30 Aston Villa
January 19, 2025
Everton 15:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
Nottingham Forest 15:00 Southampton
Ipswich Town 17:30 Manchester City

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 19 14 4 1 47 19 +28 46
2 Arsenal 20 11 7 2 39 18 +21 40
3 Nottingham Forest 20 12 4 4 29 19 +10 40
4 Chelsea 20 10 6 4 39 24 +15 36
5 Newcastle United 20 10 5 5 34 22 +12 35
6 Manchester City 20 10 4 6 36 27 +9 34
7 AFC Bournemouth 20 9 6 5 30 23 +7 33
8 Aston Villa 20 9 5 6 30 32 -2 32
9 Fulham 20 7 9 4 30 27 +3 30
10 Brighton & Hov… 20 6 10 4 30 29 +1 28
11 Brentford 20 8 3 9 38 35 +3 27
12 Tottenham Hotspur 20 7 3 10 42 30 +12 24
13 Manchester United 20 6 5 9 23 28 -5 23
14 West Ham United 20 6 5 9 24 39 -15 23
15 Crystal Palace 20 4 9 7 21 28 -7 21
16 Everton 19 3 8 8 15 25 -10 17
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 4 4 12 31 45 -14 16
18 Ipswich Town 20 3 7 10 20 35 -15 16
19 Leicester City 20 3 5 12 23 44 -21 14
20 Southampton 20 1 3 16 12 44 -32 6

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