It’s Boxing Day in the UK, and Arsenal host crosstown rivals Chelsea at 12:30 pm EST.
Will today be a good day for the Gunners, or will it be more of the same?
With that said, here who I predict Mikel Arteta will send on to the pitch v Chelsea…
[3-4-3]
Saka, Lacazette, Willian
Maitland-Niles, Xhaka, Ceballos, Bellerin
Tierney, Gabriel, Luiz
Leno
Predicted final score…
ARSENAL 1 – Chelsea 3
The misery continues…
COYG!
Jurrien Timber played and also scored during Arsenal’s Under 21 match v Blackburn Rovers on Monday.
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochetinno expects Blues forward Cole Palmer will not be available to play v Arsenal on Tuesday due to illness.
Teyah Goldie – Knee
Lina Hurtig – Back
Kaylan Marckese – Knee
Vivianne Miedema – Knee
Amanda Ilestedt – Pregnant
| TOP 6 |
GP |
PTS |
GD |
| Leicester City |
43 |
91 |
+42 |
| Ipswich City |
43 |
89 |
+32 |
| Leeds United |
43 |
87 |
+42 |
| Southampton |
43 |
84 |
+29 |
| West Brom Albion |
44 |
72 |
+23 |
| Norwich City |
44 |
72 |
+16 |
Apr 28 – Tottenham Hotspur (A)
May 4 – Bournemouth (H)
May 12 – Manchester United (A)
May 19 – Everton (H)
Mikel Arteta, “At the moment we are fighting for the league again for two consecutive seasons. We had our first experience in the Champions League for the boys. We have come quite far, not as far was we want that’s for sure and we still want to improve.”
Leandro Trossard, “The resilience has been brilliant. It is always tough when you lose, especially after the run we had by winning so many games. It’s up to the boys to show character and the mentality. We did that today (Sunday). All we can do is focus on ourselves.”
Simon Hooper will be the head referee for Arsenal v Chelsea. Peter Bankes will be the VAR.
