Arsenal and Unai Emery will have to prove themselves after that hard fought defeat in the hands of Manchester City to mark the start of their Premeir League campaign.
Like Unai Emery, Maurizio Sarri is also looking for that base to kick-start his Premier League career on a high.
Arsenal will enter Chelsea’s den as two of the biggest clans will battle to takeover London.
When & Where?
Chelsea host Arsenal at Stamford Bridge with kick-off scheduled for 5:30pm BST on Saturday, 18 August.
Team News:
For Arsenal, Ainsley Maitland-Niles was their only option on the Left back though he have suffered an fractured # and will face out atleast until October. Sead Kolasinac looked impressive in the preseason but preseason was his end to start the season and is out for six-to-eight weeks.
Probably Arsenal’s first choice left back – Nacho Monreal is in full training and will battle with new acquisition Stephan Lichtsteiner to start against Chelsea.
Talking about new recruits, Lucas Torreira is in line to start for Arsenal and is expected to be pairing with Mateo Guendouzi in the midfield.
And debate of the week is answered by Unai Emery in his pre-match press conference that Petr Cech will stay in goal coming into the fixture with strong performance against City last week.
For Chelsea, Kepa Arrizabalaga faces his first big test in Chelsea colors and Ross Barkley will probably need to fight with superstar coming in from Mighty Madrid – Mateo Kovacic.
Another of the big debate of the week was ‘Should Alvaro Morata start against Arsenal?, especially with Olivier Giroud back in contention.’
Talking about injuries, Cesc Fabregas will miss reunion with his beloved Arsenal due to Knee Injury which will keep him off probably until next week.
One thing everyone are excited about is the reception Olivier Giroud will get when he faces Arsenal this Saturday.
Probable XI
Chelsea: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Jorginho, Kante, Fabregas, Willian, Pedro, Hazard
Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Sokratis, Mustafi, Monreal, Torreira, Guendouzi, Ramsey, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Aubameyang
