Chelsea v Arsenal Betting Tips – Premier League, 18th August 5.30pm
The big London derby is set for Saturday evening in the next round of Premier League action. There is going to be pressure on Arsenal who go into their second tough game already having lost heavily against Manchester City last weekend. Chelsea collected three points from their efforts against Huddersfield last weekend and will be looking to make the most of home advantage. Read our predictions for the Chelsea v Arsenal fixture.
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Chelsea recorded a 3-0 road win at out Huddersfield last weekend to give new boss Maurizio Sarri a positive start to life in the Premier League. It was comfortable for them really with first-half goals from N’Golo Kante and a penalty from Jorginho setting the Blues up for success. Pedro netted in the second half to round out the action. We are expecting this London derby to be a cagey affair with pressure on both new managers in a game of high importance. Under 2.5 goals is at 11/10 odds* (Betting Odds were taken on August 15th, 2018 at 11:36 p.m.) for the game. Three of the last four between these at the Bridge have gone that way, while each of Chelsea’s last three home games in the Premier League ended under 2.5 goals as well. On top of that, the Blues have a clean sheet in five of their last six home games against Arsenal in all competitions.
Chelsea started with Alvaro Morata up front as Olivier Giroud was given an extra break after his summer antics at the World Cup with France. Morata still looked out of place though and Chelsea are lacking that goalscorer edge. That having been said, Morata is the 7/5 joint anytime goalscorer favourite alongside teammate Giroud. It was a hugely disappointing season overall from the Blues last term but they did come up with a W11 D4 L4 record at Stamford Bridge. They averaged 1.6 goals per home game last season at home, while they conceded an average of under a goal per game, taking a clean sheet in 53% of their league home fixtures.
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Both games between these two at Stamford Bridge last season ended goalless and so looking at the bet365 correct score market for the game, the 14/1 odds on the 0-0 appeal. However we are looking at Chelsea potentially edging this game and a Chelsea 1-0 is trading at 17/2 odds with bigger appeal* (Betting Odds were taken on August 15th, 2018 at 11:36 p.m.). Arsenal started their new league season on home soil last weekend in a tough one against Manchester City. The Gunners failed that test, going down 2-0 against the reigning champions. The players didn’t look tactically sound over what they were supposed to be doing and Emery stated that they had not played the way that he had wanted them to.
The Gunners tried to play the ball out from the back, but they just got it all wrong time and time again and kept putting themselves in trouble. This will be a big test for them as they were terrible out on the road picking up a W4 D4 L11 record last term. That is seven defeats in their last eight road games in the Premier League now, so punters may have a hard time trusting them. As a positive though the Gunners are undefeated in their last six games against the Blues in all competitions. They have at their disposal one of Europe’s most prolific scorers and that is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who is a 5/4 anytime goalscorer option for them* (Betting Odds were taken on August 15th, 2018 at 11:36 p.m.). Arsenal produced just the three shots on target against Manchester City last weekend.
Chelsea v Arsenal Head to Head
The two London clubs met up five times last season across all competitions. All but one of those ended in a draw as well, the exception being a 2-1 home win that Arsenal took over Chelsea in the EFL Cup. Both games between them at Stamford Bridge last season ended in 0-0 draws. Chelsea are undefeated in their last six home games against Arsenal in the Premier League with a strong W5 D1 record.
Chelsea v Arsenal Betting Odds*
Chelsea 4/5
Draw 3/1
Arsenal 3/1
* (Betting Odds were taken on August 15th, 2018 at 11:36 p.m.)
Chelsea v Arsenal Predictions
Chelsea to win: The Blues can just get the edge in this one as Arsenal looked a bit unsure of what they were doing under Unai Emery last weekend. The Blues looked a little more assured of themselves and for our betting tips on Chelsea v Arsenal, we are going to back them to get the job done by a one-goal margin.
