The in-form, free-scoring Chelsea will meet rejuvenated Arsenal who won 4-1 against Galatasaray in the Champions league on Wednesday night as Wenger celebrated 18 years in charge of the Gunners.
Having only won once in the last 5 league matches, the Gunners surely face a daunting task against Chelsea who only has dropped 2 points from 18 points available. Chelsea scored a magnificent 19 goals in the process with 8 of it coming from Diego Costa, the new Chelsea darling. The £32m man surely shows no desire to be the new Torres as Diego Costa has already scored almost half the amount Torres scored for Chelsea in the league during Torres 3 years stint with Chelsea.
Last season, Chelsea were finding it difficult to score, and not even one Chelsea player were listed on the top 10 goalscorer in the BPL. But with Diego Costa and another Chelsea new boy,
Cesc Fàbregas combining well, Chelsea have been scoring for fun in the league recently. Fàbregas already have 6 assist in the BPL to his name so far and look likely to add up that number with the help of other Chelsea midfielders consisting the likes of André Schürrle, Hazard, and Oscar.
However, Chelsea need to be worry about their defences as Chelsea has conceded 7 goals in 6 games which is unusual under José Mourinho. Even the likes of Southampton, Swansea and Stoke City has conceded less than that. Their defenses need to be more discipline if they are to stop the new Arsenal player, Danny Welbeck from scoring against them.
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Welbeck scored 3 goals in midweek |
Arsenal may be mising Arteta, Ramsey and Walcott for this key clash but the likes of Sanchez and Welbeck will surely give Chelsea something to worry about. Sanchez seems inconsistent at times, but his pace, off-the-ball abilities will be a constant threat to Chelsea. With the helps of Wilshere and Ozil, this will be an interesting clash.
In defend, Arsenal also have conceded 7 times this season, the same amount as Chelsea have conceded. And they will be missing Mathieu Debuchy for the clash. But, after 6 games, the Gunners are still unbeaten in the league. So, it will be a tight clash in this derby match.
My prediction : Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal.
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