Probable Lineups
Missing Players
Chelsea
Arsenal
| Player | Reason | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ross Barkley | Out |
| Player | Reason | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Santi Cazorla | Out | |
| Nacho Monreal | Out | |
| Olivier Giroud | Out | |
| Sead Kolasinac | Out | |
| Laurent Koscielny | Out | |
| Aaron Ramsey | Out | |
| Shkodran Mustafi | Doubtful | |
| Granit Xhaka | Doubtful | |
| Mesut Özil | Doubtful |
Team News
Chelsea
Arsenal
- Ross Barkley will have to wait to make his Chelsea debut as he continues to recover from a serious hamstring injury that has kept him sidelined all season.
- Antonio Conte otherwise have a clean bill of health ahead of the first leg of their League Cup semi final with Arsenal and is expected to name a similar XI to the one that started last week's 2-2 draw with the Gunners.
- Tiemoué Bakayoko was poor at the Emirates and Conte may think about changing him for Danny Drinkwater here, but Alvaro Morata is expected to keep his place up front despite a horror evening in front of goal in that match.
- Arsene Wenger is poised to rest Petr Cech after promising David Ospina playing time in the cups this season.
- Alexis Sanchez is expected to start despite being heavily linked with a move to Manchester City, but a knee injury may keep out Mesut Ozil.
- Danny Welbeck will expect to start in Ozil's absence following Alex Iwobi's recent antics away from football.
- Granit Xhaka and Shkodran Mustafi will both need late fitness tests before a decision is made on their involvement.
- Sead Kolasinac, Olivier Giroud, Aaron Ramsey, Nacho Monreal and Laurent Koscielny won't feature until at least the weekend.
VAR is finally here. Long overdue.
Chelsea fans will feel disappointed and I must admit I didn't like our (Arsenal's) ultra-conservative performance in the 2nd half but 0-0 first leg result in any competition is a good result. Welbeck and Iwobi put a huge shift in and the defence was well organised for the most part. Hopefully Wilshire's injury isn't major. Impact injuries as a result of the ball being hit at you tend to hurt a lot, swell and bruise but usually don't result in a long layoff. We shall see.
Costa was a beast in the final third , conte will remain happy with baby morata who does nothing but complaining . Credit to Arsenal , they fielded a weaker side , still managed a point
@footballover There's no such thing as getting "a point" in cup competitions.
@uefalona , I know that . Technically you are right but you know what I tried to say. If you have said Arsene Wenger, the match would end up in a draw in Stamford Bridge , he would have accepted that
What a disappointing match, Wenger will be the happier manager, good chance for Arsenal now in the 2nd leg at the Emirates.
1st comment here I made 2 days ago I said under 2.5 and a draw arsenal will settle for a draw people didn't believe saying arsenal cant play defensively people like uefalona well I don't need to say much more let the final scoreline do the talking.
@RemyLebeu You was right
@RemyLebeu I asked why you thought that or if you were trolling. I never said I didn't believe. If the match finished 2-2, would you have been so quick to boast in here?
what does Morata do on the pitch?
@kunoy , complaining
@kunoy its the main reason he was sold from madrid. many of his goals were vs the bottom teams in the league and some of them belong in 2nd division
Draw 0:0
With a very strong side, Chelsea are playing crap
Arsenal win or draw
Arsenal without key players. Decent odds for Chelsea.
1X
2 - 0 Chelsea vs arsenal
Wenger OUT !!
Chelsea vs Arsenal over 3.5 goals
Chelsea win
Chelsea win. Congrats.
Chelsea won't lose 10u on chelsea
In my humble opinion i think Chelsea can overcome Arsenal and qualify to the finals to play Man City
3-1 coz Arsenal lost a lot of players
1-1 (morata/alexis)
Historically Arsenal have a knack of bouncing back after a bad result. They very rarely lose twice in a row.
@MEHJones true... an odd stat, every 10 - 11th game between the two has seen over 4 goals... Just a thought!
arsenal will try to settle for a draw so you will see a defensive display by arsenal with under 2.5 goals and a draw.
@RemyLebeu Why do you think this? Or are you simply trolling?
@RemyLebeu I doubt Arsenal can play defensively.
@RemyLebeu Arsenal can play defensive
@Cannavaro69 Can't*