Arsenal vs Chelsea Preview

January 22, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

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All eyes will be on the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon as Premier League leaders Arsenal take on champions Chelsea.

The Gunners go in to the game on the back of back-to-back draws though they remain top of the pile ahead of Leicester City on goal difference and with a point more than title favourites Manchester City.

A return to winning ways here will see the North London club tighten their grip on first place as they look to win a first title in twelve seasons.

Arsene Wenger could welcome back Alexis Sanchez after the Chile international has missed the last two months with a hamstring problem while Mesut Ozil is also available though Francis Coquelin and Jack Wilshere remain out.

Olivier Giroud is 6.0 (5/1) to get the first goal of the game with a variety firms, ahead of Sanchez, who can be backed at 7.0 (6/1).

The home win is widely available at 2.05 (21/20), with the visitors as highly priced as the 4.0 (3/1) on offer from Bet 365, who have the draw at 3.6 (13/5).

The Blues are still unbeaten in Guus Hiddink’s second spell in charge of the club though like their opponents they have taken just two points from the last six available to them.

They go in to the weekend four points above the bottom three, and fourteen behind Tottenham Hotspur who currently occupy the final Champions League place.

Eden Hazard is set to feature after recovering from a groin injury while despite suffering a bruised shin, Diego Costa is set to play.

Costa is 7.0 (6/1) to open the scoring while Hazard can be backed at 10.0 (9/1) with Stan James.

Chelsea have not conceded a league goal to Arsenal in three years, and won this season’s reverse fixture 2-0 back in September.

You can back a clean sheet for the visitors at at 4.33 (10/3) with Bet 365, while the away win to nil is priced at 6.5 (11/2) with 888 Sport.

However, with the hosts in such good goalscoring form you may prefer to take advantage of Bet Victor’s offer of 3.6 (13/5) for there to be four or more goals in the game.

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