Arsenal vs Chelsea – FA Cup – Preview

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Sreya

Arsenal vs Chelsea – Arsenal play Chelsea at the New Wembley on 27th May, Saturday in the FA Cup finals. Arsenal failed to finish in the top four in the league this season, while Chelsea won the Premiership.

The FA Cup is Arsenal’s only hope of silverware this season – also crucial in terms of Arsene Wenger’s future at the club. Chelsea, meanwhile, would love to do an English double after their disastrous campaign last season.

Arsenal defeated Manchester City in the semi-finals while Chelsea got past Tottenham Hotspur to set up a London derby for the finals.

Team News

Santi Cazorla and Gabriel Paulista are injured while Laurent Koscielny is suspended after seeing a red card against Everton. Kieran Gibbs and Shkodran Mustafi will face late fitness tests.

Chelsea will be without Ruben Loftus-Cheek who is struggling with a back injury. It will also be John Terry’s last game at the club, although the captain is unlikely to start.

Arsenal Possible Starting Lineup: Petr Cech, Rob Holding, Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, Kieran Gibbs, Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, Olivier Giroud.

Chelsea Possible Starting Lineup: Thibaut Courtois, Cesar Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N’Golo Kante, Cesc Fabregas, Marcos Alonso, Pedro, Diego Costa, Eden Hazard.

“It just shows you how unpredictable football can be because we played at home, your mind is on attacking, and on the day we lost two centre backs. It’s absolutely unbelievable and unpredictable, and we have been hit hard in a position where we will need to be strong on Saturday.

We’ll have to find solutions and hopefully I will find the good solutions. I have to decide until Saturday [whether to keep a back three or not] – we’ll test that in training until then.”

– Arsene Wenger, Arsenal.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Arsenal vs Chelsea H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs resulted in three wins for Chelsea and two wins for Arsenal. Arsenal are undefeated in twenty-one of their last twenty-two FA Cup matches, but Chelsea are likely to win 2-1 tomorrow.