Ozil And Sanchez Boost For Arsenal v Chelsea

Victory would also take Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech closer to becoming the second player in English League soccer history to win the title with different clubs in successive seasons, after lifting his fourth league crown with Chelsea past year.

Last season’s champions have endured a tumultuous campaign, which saw José Mourinho sacked in December, with Chelsea teetering precariously above the relegation zone.

Arsenal will hope their impressive home record this season helps them overcome a lengthy goal drought against Chelsea when the sides clash at the Emirates on Sunday (4pm). We don’t want to take this gamble.

It’s the Gunners who come into this one as favourites as they sit top of the Premier League after 22 games, 13 places and 19 points better off than the Blues.

“We have done extremely well during all this period when we had big players out, but it’s just a good opportunity to have everybody back”.

Wenger’s side have already proven they now have the steel to beat their main rivals – with victories over Manchester United, Manchester City and Leicester already secured.

Will Chelsea be the first of nine home wins or will the pressure start to tell?

“It is changing. Last season it began with Chelsea and ended with Chelsea. Strikers give you goalscoring and I feel sometimes when you have 70 minutes gone and a strong bench it gives you a big chance”. “It is another game where people look at us and see how we behave because even if Chelsea are not in the best position you look at their squad and know that they have quality players”.

“It was a very, very hard decision for me because I rate Ospina highly”, he said”. Rosicky will play tomorrow night with the Arsenal Under-21s.

Chelsea have hardly shot up the table since Guus Hiddink was appointed as manager, but they are yet to lose under the Dutch manager and will likely set up to frustrate the Gunners.

If they fail to score on Sunday, then they’ll equal their longest run without a goal versus any opponent in the Premier League era ( Liverpool 1997 to 2000 ). “Arsenal have a great team, we know that, but we know we can do it and bring back three points to Stamford Bridge”.

However, in that time, the Arsenal manager has maintained an unmatched level of consistency with the London club, not once falling out of the Champions League places.

Fourth placed Tottenham, five points adrift of the leaders, face Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.