The Emirates FA Cup final is nearly here. Arsenal square off against Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
Arsenal still have the chance to come out of this season with silverware and earn qualification to the Europa League for next season after finishing the Premier League season in eight place. They are the most successful club in FA Cup having won the trophy on 13th separate occasions with last lifted the historic trophy in 2017 in a victory against Chelsea.
Chelsea, on the other hand, finished fourth in the league by beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 in the final gameweek and FA Cup glory would be the icing on the cake for the Blues.
The Gunners booked their place in the final after beating Leeds United, Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Sheffield United and Manchester City, while on the other hand, the Blues reached into the final courtesy of victories over Nottingham Forest, Hull City, Liverpool, Leicester City and Manchester United respectively.
WHEN AND WHERE?
Venue: Wembley Stadium
Date: Saturday, August 1
Time: 16:30 GMT
Recent Form
Arsenal’s form (all competitions): DLWWLW
Chelsea’s form (all competitions): WLWWLW
TEAM NEWS
For Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, they will be missing four players in Shkodran Mustafi (hamstring) while Pablo Mari (ankle), Gabriel Martinelli and Calum Chambers (both knee).
Bernd Leno return to training after suffering a ligament sprain against Brighton last month but is not 100% fit to come in time for the final.
Meanwhile, Chelsea could have Willian back after he missed out on victory over Wolverhampton in the final gameweek. Billy Gilmour is their only confirmed absentee following knee surgery while N’golo Kante is a major doubt following a hamstring problem.
PREDICTED LINEUPS
Arsenal: Emi Martinez: Rob Holding, David Luiz, Sead Kolasinac; Hector Bellerin, Dani Ceballos, Granit Xhaka, Kieran Tierney; Nicolas Pepe, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Chelsea: Caballero; Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Christensen, Alonso; Jorginho, Kovacic, Mount; Hudson-Odoi, Pulisic, Giroud.
PREDICTION
Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea
