December 25, 2024

Chelsea v Arsenal: Premier League – live

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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang starts against his old club. That’s one of four changes from Chelsea’s last league game, the 4-1 defeat at Brighton. Edouard Mendy, Jorginho and Cesar Azpilicueta also come into the side; Kepa Arrizabalaga Mateo Kovacic, Conor Gallagher and Christian Pulisic drop out.

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The Chelsea Twitter feed suggests they are playing a back three, with Mason Mount in central midfield alongside Jorginho. I’m calling fake news: it looks like a back four to my admittedly untrained eye.

Mikel Arteta makes one change to Arsenal’s recent Premier League XI – Oleksandr Zinchenko replaces the injured Takehiro Tomiyasu at left-back.

Chelsea (possible 4-2-3-1) Mendy; Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Thiago, Cucurella; Loftus-Cheek, Jorginho; Sterling, Havertz, Mount; Aubameyang.

Substitutes: Bettinelli, Koulibaly, Gallagher, Hall, Kovacic, Zakaria, Pulisic, Ziyech, Broja.

Arsenal (4-1-4-1) Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Partey; Saka, Odegaard, Xhaka, Martinelli; Jesus.

Substitutes: Turner, Tierney, Holding, Cedric, Lokonga, Elneny, Vieira, Nelson, Nketiah.

Referee Michael Oliver.

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