Arsenal vs Chelsea Preview

January 24, 2018
By: Deke Hardman

Wednesday evening’s action from the Emirates Stadium sees Arsenal take on Chelsea in the second leg of their EFL Cup semi-final.

The winners will meet Manchester City in the final at Wembley next month, after the Premier League leaders defeated Championship promotion hopefuls Bristol City 5-3 on aggregate.

The first leg between the sides ended goalless at Stamford Bridge a fortnight ago, seven days after they played out a 2-2 draw in the league in North London.

The Gunners go in to this game on the back of Saturday’s impressive 4-1 rout over Crystal Palace and they could welcome back Aaron Ramsey here after he missed that game through illness.

Nacho Monreal is also available after shaking off a leg problem though new signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan will have to wait for his debut as he played for Manchester United in the quarter finals of this competition.

Alexandre Lacazette is favourite to open the scoring at 6.5 (11/2) ahead of Danny Welbeck, who can be backed at 8.0 (7/1) with Betfred.

Arsene Wenger’s side can be backed at 2.8 (9/5) to win the match inside ninety minutes, with Chelsea a 2.7 (17/10) chance with Betfred. The draw is a 3.45 (7/11) shot with Unibet.

Antonio Conte’s side also hit their opponents for four last time out, easing past Brighton and Hove Albion to move upto third in the Premier League table.

Cesc Fabregas will miss out against his former club, with fellow Spain international Alvaro Morata also missing though Andreas Christensen is available after recovering from a head injury.

Eden Hazard is priced at 7.0 (6/1) to get the first goal of the game with new signing Ross Barkley a 12.0 (11/1) shot with Paddy Power.

The last four meetings between these to sides have finished all square, with two of those clashes ending goalless.

You can back both teams to score inside ninety minutes at 1.62 (8/13) with a number of firms, while William Hill offer a price of 3.0 (2/1) for there to be at least four goals scored in the game, prior to any extra time.

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