Arsenal vs Chelsea preview, line-up and score prediction. by KJ
It’s strange going into a game against Chelsea with optimism abundant amongst the Arsenal fans. Whether this optimism comes from knowing that Drogba won’t be playing tomorrow, I don’t know. All I know is that the Ivorian has been a thorn in our side for many years.
This Chelsea team that will line up tomorrow will be vastly different to anything Wenger has seen from the blue side of London in quite some time. They are technically superb and have a perfect blend of possession and counter-attack. However, they seem very frail in defence, if tested (i.e that game against Juventus). If anything, they remind me of the Arsenal of old.
Today will all be about the possession game. Can we keep it in tight areas and apply pressure? Can we move it swiftly and switch up play? It will be difficult with players like Hazard and Mata who are notoriously good with the ball. However, we have the home advantage which should count.
My line up is:
Mannone
Jenkinson Mertesacker Vermaelan Gibbs
Arteta Ramsey
Gervinho Cazorla Podolski
Giroud
It’s a very strange line-up but I’ll give my reasons:
Vermaelan as captain will replace Koscielny. Mertesacker has been our best CB at the moment and I can’t see him being replaced at all.
I picked Ramsey ahead of Diaby as he seemed a bit raw in our match against City. Although he, for the most part, maintained the physical presence in our midfield, he overcomplicated play. He slowed down our attacks and lost possession too many times to count. Chelsea don’t really have a physical presence in midfield and hence we can bench him. Ramsey was my MOTM against City and hence deserves a start in midfield.
I want Gervinho on the wings as he is still still a very dangerous player and can force Cole to sit back. Giroud scored his first goal for Arsenal against Coventry and I want Wenger to maintain him in the starting line-up to show the confidence he has in him. This will be a much tighter match than most expect but I can see Arsenal getting the win.
My prediction: 2-1 to Arsenal.
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