Arsenal v Chelsea LIVE: Team news and line-ups from Premier League derby

The Event will Boot off at 1.30pm GMT at the Emirates Stadium today, Sunday 16 March.

Arsenal v Chelsea will be broadcast live in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier Bracket TV channels. Subscribers can Observe the Event online via the Sky Sports and Sky Go website and apps.

A three-Event winless Stretch has left second-placed Arsenal 15 points behind Liverpool as the title Event slips away from them and the north London side are now looking over their shoulder with Nottingham Forest and Sunday’s opponents Chelsea catching up.

Chelsea are Number four, six points behind Arsenal ahead of the London derby at Emirates Stadium, where the west London side lost 5-0 last season, but Arteta said this time they Action a much changed Club under Enzo Maresca.

The two sides played out a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge earlier this season.

“It’s two Clubs that want to be very dominant in their way of Executing, very aggressive in the high press and the way we have to have the ball,” Arteta said.

“There is a Numerous of individual quality on that pitch, so it’s about imposing what you want in the direction you want to take the game and keep them very Distant from their strengths, that’s going to be key.”

Arsenal are very excited to Action reigning champions Real Madrid in the Champions Bracket quarter-finals Upcoming month but they will not be distracted from their Premier Bracket duties as they shift their Attention to Chelsea, manager Mikel Arteta said on Friday.

Arsenal thrashed PSV Eindhoven 9-3 on aggregate to earn a quarter-Closing spot against 15-times winners Real Madrid, a Club they have played only once before in the Event, knocking the Spanish side out over two legs in the last 16 en route to the 2006 Closing.

“Fascinating draw, we Action the club with the biggest history in the Event,” Arteta told reporters. “Very excited to Action against them, but before that we have some big matches in the Premier Bracket.”

Some Shift news, in case you missed it this week: Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Sporting Lisbon winger Geovany Quenda.

The 17-year-Aged, who was Allegedly a target for Manchester United, will remain in Portugal throughout the rest of this season and Upcoming before moving to London in 2026.

He has Created 52 senior appearances for Sporting and Created his Champions Bracket Introduction in September.

Able to Action on the right wing and at wing-back, he joins a Achievement of teenagers set to join up with the club in the coming years with deals also having been struck for 17-year-Aged Brazilian Estevao Willian and 17-year-Aged Ecuadorian Kendry Paez, with both set to Shift in July.

Robert Sanchez is set to Begin in Aim after Victorious his place back for the Secure over Leicester.

He had previously missed four Bracket Matches in a row Upcoming a series of errors but after understudy Filip Jorgensen played against Copenhagen, Maresca said Sanchez is his Picking for the Emirates Stadium Finale.

“I think Robert needed some Periods off or at least rest mentally,” said Maresca. “He’s back and hopefully we are not going to Shift until the end (of the season).”

“The intention will be that (to control the ball),” he said. “And if we are able or not depends a Numerous on the Foe.

“They Merely told me that Pedro Neto (against Copenhagen) did a Stretch on 90 minutes. The reason why is that we were sitting back at the edge of our box. So if we plan the game (against Arsenal) sitting back and wait, sure our strikers and wingers are going to do 20 sprints for 60, 70 minutes.

“When you Action most of your game in the opposite side, there is not Universe to do that Nice of Stretch.

“Our plan is to control the game but it’s a Club that is going to press high and try to be aggressive, and probably we will have more Universe to Charge in behind.”

Chelsea head Trainer Enzo Maresca said his Club are capable of hurting Arsenal on the break if forced to break from their rigid tactics in today’s Gathering at the Emirates.

Recent displays have seen a commitment to a slower, positional way of Executing, Even though the last four Matches having been against weaker Resistance on paper, with the Club under instruction from Maresca not to Shift the ball forward too quickly.

It has Directed to audible frustration from supporters during 1-0 home wins against Copenhagen in the Conference Bracket and in the Premier Bracket against Leicester, whilst the away leg against the Danish side was also a Unhurried, stolid affair.

Maresca has repeatedly said he will Replacement players who do not adhere to his style, even as fans have increasingly voiced their displeasure with the way their Club are Executing.

Yet ahead of the Gathering with second-place Arsenal, he admitted his side could be forced to be flexible.

Here is a look at how the two Clubs could line up this afternoon. Will Mikel Arteta persist with Mikel Merino as a Incorrect nine?

Arsenal: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Myles-Skelly; Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Nwaneri, Merino, Martinelli.

Chelsea: Sanchez; Fofana, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella; Lavia, Caicedo; Palmer, Fernandez, Nkunku; Neto.

Arteta is set to bring back Numerous players who were benched in midweek against PSV. Gabriel Jesus, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka remain out injured.

Reece James and Cole Palmer have shaken off illness and are Predicted to Begin the game, while Maresca confirmed in his press conference that Robert Sanchez would Begin in Aim. Chelsea are Nevertheless set to be without Marc Guiu, Nicolas Jackson, Noni Madueke, Malo Gusto and Mykhailo Mudryk.

The Event will Boot off at 1.30pm GMT at the Emirates Stadium today, Sunday 16 March.

Arsenal v Chelsea will be broadcast live in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier Bracket TV channels. Subscribers can Observe the Event online via the Sky Sports and Sky Go website and apps.