Arsenal vs Chelsea Preview

April 24, 2015
By: Deke Hardman

Arsene Wenger

This weekend’s Premier League action concludes at the Emirates Stadium where second place Arsenal host leaders Chelsea.

The Gunners have emerged victorious from their past nine games in all competitions, but needed extra time to get past Reading in last weekend’s FA Cup semi-final.

They could go in to the game in as low as fourth place, though victory would see them close the gap at the top to just seven points with four games left to play.

Per Mertesacker is rated at 50/50 to feature after picking up an ankle problem at Wembley, while Mikel Arteta and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are both short of match fitness.

Olivier Giroud, who has scored ten in his last twelve outings, is priced at 7.0 (6/1) to get the first goal of the game with Coral while Alexis Sanchez is a 7.5 (13/2) with the same firm.

The home win is as highly priced as the 2.45 (29/20) with Ladbrokes, with the visitors favourites at 3.3 (23/10) with a number of firms, while same price is widely available for the draw.

Jose Mourinho’s men are unbeaten in their last fourteen games in all competitions and have won their last four league games to move within touching distance of their first league title in five years.

In fact, victory here would mean that the Blues would be crowned champions with another three points against Leicester City on Wednesday evening.

Diego Costa continues to struggle with a hamstring injury but could be involved, not least as Loic Remy is ruled out with a calf problem.

Costa is 6.5 (11/2) to open the scoring with Coral, while Eden Hazard can be backed at 9.0 (8/1) with Bet 365.

Arsenal have failed to score in each of their last four matches against Chelsea, losing three of those encounters including the 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge back in October.

With this in mind, you may be tempted to back the away win to nil at 5.5 (9/2) with a variety of bookmakers while the Blues can be backed at 3.4 (12/5) with Coral to score two or more, as they have in five of the last six clashes with Arsene Wenger’s side.

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