Arsenal vs Chelsea: predicted lineups, where to watch and our prediction
Sunday at 16:30 at the Emirates, the London derby that closes the round. Predicted lineups, who is missing, where the game is shown and our read on it.
Arsenal vs Chelsea is played on Sunday 6 September at 16:30 at the Emirates Stadium, and it is the heaviest fixture of matchday 3 in the Premier League.
Arsenal come in off a solid start at home; Chelsea arrive as a side still being assembled, with a window that has changed half the eleven: the goalkeeper in the predicted lineup is Emiliano Martínez, and Morgan Rogers is one of the two behind the striker.
Where to watch
In the United Kingdom this is one of the two Sky Sports Super Sunday games, the 16:30 slot. In Italy it is shown on Sky Sport, with streaming on NOW.
Who is missing
Arsenal are without William Saliba and Jurriën Timber: two heavy absences in a back line that reshapes with Mosquera in the middle alongside Gabriel and Calafiori at left-back.
Chelsea do without Jordan Henderson and Marco Palestra.
The predicted lineups
Arsenal (4-2-3-1)
David Raya in goal; Ben White, Cristhian Mosquera, Gabriel Magalhães and Riccardo Calafiori across the back; Myles Lewis-Skelly and Declan Rice in midfield; Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard and Christos Tzolis behind Kai Havertz.
Chelsea (3-4-2-1)
Emiliano Martínez in goal; Wesley Fofana, Maxence Lacroix and Levi Colwill in the three; Malo Gusto and Jorrel Hato wide, Roméo Lavia and Pedro Neto in the middle; Cole Palmer and Morgan Rogers behind João Pedro.
Predicted lineups can change until an hour before kick-off, when the official teamsheets are released.
Our prediction
We say Arsenal to score at least once. It is the most defensible read of the game: the Emirates is where Arsenal produce most, and in front of them is a back three rebuilt almost from scratch over the summer, with Lacroix and Hato only weeks into knowing each other.
On the result we do not go further. Chelsea with Palmer and Rogers behind the striker carry enough quality to punish an Arsenal defence without Saliba, and meetings between these two rarely settle early.
The individual calls
We published two, both about who touches the ball most:
João Pedro — at least 2 shots. He is the only central striker in Chelsea's predicted eleven, so everything the side builds runs through him.
Morgan Rogers — at least 2 fouls committed. He plays on the side Arsenal press hardest: when the team has to get back, he is the first to stop the move.
We will also say how two earlier ones went: in the matchday preview we flagged three individual calls as at risk because of the lineups. When the round closes we count them all, those included.
Then we count it
When the round ends we publish the tally with nothing removed. The record of every settled call is in the results history.
Our analysis stays updated until kick-off on the Premier League page, and the individual calls are in the Player Predictions section.
