Chelsea have seriously strengthened in the summer and immediately outlined their claims for the title in the Premier League. After 11 rounds Frank Lampard’s team is on the third line in the table. From the above neighbors in the person of Liverpool and Tottenham, the pensioners are only two points behind, which will be quite realistic to win back in the upcoming round. After an inexpressive goalless draw with Tottenham in the 10th round, Chelsea were facing a duel with daring Leeds, which had already presented several surprises during the tournament. As a result, the pensioners conceded, but did not break down and responded to the opponent with three accurate shots. The next goal was scored by Olivier Giroud, who became the best football player of the fifth round of the Champions League. Chelsea resolved their Champions League questions in five rounds. A crushing 4:0 win over Sevilla in the final round guaranteed them a spot in the playoffs from first place, so some reservists will surely have their time today.
The Gunners are showing a rather mediocre game this season. In the last round of the championship Arsenal hosted Wolverhampton at home and lost 1:2. Arsenal have proved once again that they play poorly in positional attack. During the entire match the team managed to hit the opponent’s goal only twice. That is why when they have to play the first number, problems come. In general, the team of Mikel Arteta is noticeably addicted in the last rounds. The Gunners have won just one victory in their last six games over Manchester United, losing four in that period. The team’s attack looks just awful. The once attacking team, practicing aggressive attacking football, now looks like a pale shadow of itself. The London club have scored just two goals in four of their last six games. In general, Arsenal have only ten goals scored. Only the three outsiders have scored less. On the road the Gunners still scored slightly more points than at home. In addition to Manchester United they managed to beat Fulham away and ended in a draw with Leeds (0:0). But the real level of willingness to fight for high places was demonstrated by fights with Liverpool (1:3) and Manchester City (0:1). Nicolas Pepe continues to serve the disqualification. Tomas Partey, Gabriel Martinelli, Mesut Ozil and Sokratis Papastatopoulos will miss the fight due to injuries. Questionable for the game is the presence of David Luis.
