Arsenal vs Chelsea
Premier League 2018/19
Venue: Emirates Stadium
Date: Saturday, January 19, 2019
Kick-off time: 5:30pm GMT
Arsenal and Chelsea will battle it out in a Saturday evening London derby with a Premier League top-four finish very much at stake.
Maurizio Sarri's Chelsea currently sit fourth in the table and lead both Unai Emery's Arsenal and Manchester United by six points - a healthy gap, but one which could disappear within a week.
A defeat for Arsenal would be a hammer-blow to their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League via the domestic route, while a win for Chelsea would keep alive their faint hopes of mounting a late title challenge if the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City slip up.
Arsenal vs Chelsea team news and line-ups
Arsenal: Leno, Bellerin, Papastathopoulos, Koscielny, Kolasinac, Torreira, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Ramsey, Lacazette, Aubameyang
Subs: Cech, Elneny, Ozil, Maitland-Niles, Iwobi, Monreal, Mustafi
Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Pedro, Hazard, Willian
Subs: Barkley, Caballero, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi, Christensen, Emerson Palmieri, Ampadu
Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
Score prediction: Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea
Neither side is in full flow of late, with early hopes of title challenges starting to fade into the reality of a battle for a top-four finish.
Arsenal cannot realistically afford to lose this game if they are to stand a chance of finishing fourth (or better). Chelsea will have to strike a balance as they know that a draw would keep the Gunners at bay, yet potentially allow sixth-placed Manchester United to make up ground.
With so much at stake, the game should be a tight affair - Arsenal have conceded almost double Chelsea's League tally this season (32 to 17) but the Blues have not scored more than two goals in a match since November.
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Match odds
- Arsenal win: 19/10
- Chelsea win: 11/8
- Draw: 27/10
First goal scorer odds
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang: 7/2
- Eden Hazard: 5/1
- Alexandre Lacazette: 11/2
- Pedro: 6/1
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TV channel and live stream online coverage
The match will be televised live on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport 4K UHD. BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.
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Head to head (h2h) history and results
The London rivals have met 53 times in the Premier League: there have been 16 draws, while Arsenal's 19 wins shade Chelsea's 18 victories.
Chelsea have not lost in their last four League meetings with Arsenal, winning twice and drawing twice.
The Blues edged the Gunners in this season's reverse fixture with a 3-2 win at Stamford Bridge back in August.
