Arsenal v Chelsea FA Cup Predictions & Betting Odds – 27th May 2017

Chelsea to cap off domestic double

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Arsenal v Chelsea Betting Preview – FA Cup 27th May 5.30pm

The Gunners will be out at Wembley on Saturday looking to finish the season on a bit of a high. After failing to make it into the top four in the Premier League, this is their only shot left now of landing some silverware for the season. Will the Gunners be able to finish with a bang as they go as underdogs against Chelsea at Wembley? The Blues will have their sights on landing a domestic double for the season having already been crowned Premier League champions. Will the end of season get even better for Antonio Conte?

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Arsenal v Chelsea FA Cup Betting Tips

Arsenal have taken a hit in their back line with the loss of Laurent Koscielny through suspension. His appeal against a red card, given out for his foul on Everton’s Enner Valencia on the weekend, failed and therefore is out of the game, while Gabriel is definitely out injured, and Shkodran Mustafi is a big doubt for them. So they won’t be at their strongest at the back for the FA Cup Final. The Gunners did take that league win over Chelsea back in September, a 3-0 hammering dished out by them at the Emirates. But that has been their only victory in their last twelve competitive meetings with the Blues. The Gunners have actually failed to score in seven of their last ten games against Chelsea in all competitions. Chelsea to win to nil at Bet365 is a quote of 2/1. But Arsenal did finish their Premier League campaign quite strongly.

Arsenal are on a five-match winning streak at the moment and they collected three clean sheets in that sequence. Both teams to score in the match, with Arsenal having scored at least two goals in each of their last five games, is trading at a price of 3/4 with Bet365 . The Gunners have Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud both at 2/1 in the bet365 anytime goalscorer market. The last time that these two met in the FA Cup was back in the 2009 semi-finals, which the Blues won 2-1. The head to head from FA Cup meetings is actually being led by Arsenal 8-5 with six draws. The Gunners made it through to the final with a somewhat easy run, beating Preston in the third round, then crushing Southampton in the fourth round before going up against non-league sides Sutton and the Lincoln City. Their big win was a 2-1 victory over Manchester City against the odds to put themselves back at Wembley. Arsenal have won two of the last three editions of the FA Cup.

Chelsea’s last FA Cup title came back in 2011/12 with a win over Liverpool in the final. Antonio Conte led the Blues to the Premier League title with a record number of wins and now they turn their focus to the FA Cup Final. They have had a somewhat tougher route in the latter stages, having gone past Peterborough, Brentford and Wolves before running into Manchester United in the FA Cup quarter final. The Blues edged a tight 1-0 win there before facing the in-form Spurs in the semi-final. Despite having left out Diego Costa and Eden Hazard from the starting line up, the Blues romped to a 4-2 victory. By and large, it is Chelsea running with the head to head form and they will go into the final as strong favourites. They have been scoring heavily recently and over 2.5 goals in the game at Bet365 is a price of 4/5.

Chelsea are currently running on a seven-match winning streak in all competitions and all but one of those games have seen at least three goals. The Blues have totalled 24 goals in their last seven games so having the scoring power to destroy the Gunners. Diego Costa is 5/6 outright favourite in the anytime goalscorer market, with Eden Hazard at 6/5 and Pedro at 2/1. Michy Batshuayi, who scored Chelsea’s Premier League title-winning goal is a 13/10 option with Bet365, who netted a brace against Spurs in the semi final, at 11/5. They are stacked with scoring potential. This will actually be just the second FA Cup final between these two, the previous one happening in the 2001/02 season, which Arsenal won 2-1 thanks largely to the famous Ray Parlour strike from 25-yards.

If Arsenal win this, they would land their 13th trophy, moving them one ahead of Manchester United on 12.

If it is the Blues who are triumphant, then it would move them to eight FA Cup trophies alongside Tottenham (third overall).

Whoever wins on Saturday, it will mean that seven of the last 11 FA Cups will have been won by either Arsenal or Chelsea.

Arsene Wenger would set a record for most FA Cup wins as a manager (7, currently on 6 with George Ramsay) if Arsenal win on Saturday.

Chelsea haven’t lost any of their last four FA Cup Finals, all of which have been contested at Wembley (2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012). Arsenal were the last team to beat them in an FA Cup Final.

The eventual Premier League champions have also gone on to win the FA Cup on 11 of the 18 occasions they’ve played in the final, most recently Chelsea in 2010.

Arsenal are on a six match winning streak at Wembley, their best run at the ground (new or old).

Arsenal v Chelsea FA Cup Betting Odds

Chelsea 4/5, Draw 3/1, Arsenal 15/4

Arsenal v Chelsea FA Cup Predictions

Chelsea to win: The Blues are just flying at the moment and Arsenal still have vulnerabilities there at the back which the dynamic Chelsea can expose. The Blues just have too much depth, as they showed in not starting Costa and Hazard in the semi final against Spurs to go out and celebrate by beating Arsenal and completing the double.