Today evening in the English "Premier" league will take place the London derby - "Arsenal" will host London's "Chelsea" team.
Unai Emery's pupils have recently faced huge difficulties, so in order to maintain any chances of breaking into the top four, a win in this match is very necessary.
In fourth place, "Chelsea" has a six-point advantage over "Arsenal". In case of failure, the "Arsenal" team could drop to seventh place, as "Manchester United" has the same number of points.
The match at the "Emirates" Stadium will start at 7:30 PM.
London's "Chelsea" has only lost once to "Arsenal" in 14 league matches, when in 2016 the opponents were recognized to have an advantage with a score of 0:3. "Chelsea" won eight times during that time and drew five times.
"Chelsea" could become the first team to win six times in a row at the "Emirates" Stadium. Now the "gunners" have also beaten "Manchester United" five times.
"Chelsea" and "Arsenal" in their meetings in the "Premier" league have shown a total of 13 red cards - more than in other London derbies.
Since the beginning of the season, "Arsenal" was undefeated in 22 consecutive matches, but now the team has suffered four losses in the last eight matches.
"Arsenal" has performed well at home - in the "Premier" league they have not lost in their stadium in the last ten matches. During that time, they have achieved eight victories and played two draws.
Since Mesut Ozil signed a new contract with "Arsenal", he has appeared in the starting lineup of 35 possible league matches only 18 times and contributed to five goals.
Because of the first 11 "Premier" league matches, "Chelsea" conceded 27 goals, but later during the same number of matches they scored only 13 times. The number of goals per match has decreased from 2.5 to 1.2.
In the last 11 matches, "The Blues" have not scored more than two goals in the "Premier" league.
"Chelsea" will seek their fourth consecutive victory playing at the opponents' stadium. The last time the "aristocrats" achieved at least four wins in a row playing away was in 2016.
Olivier Giroud could become the second player after Cesc Fabregas to score in this club's showdown representing both teams.
