Arsenal vs Chelsea – Team News: Chelsea give youngster Premier League debut in huge game | OneFootball

Chelsea face Southampton at Stamford Bridge in just over an hour, and the teams are in! It’s all in from Liam Rosenior.

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It’s very much as we expected for Chelsea today. Robert Sanchez is in goal.

In defence, Reece James plays at right back. Trevoh Chalobah is in the middle, and alongside him Mamadou Sarr makes his Premier League debut in a huge game – just as we suspected he might.

The injured Marc Cucurella is replaced at left back by Jorrel Hato.

In midfield, it’s the standard setup we’ve got used to in recent weeks, with Andrey Santos paired up with Moises Caicedo. Ahead of them, Enzo Fernandez plays in the 10, with Pedro Neto on one side and Cole Palmer on the other. All three will switch around fairly often.

The in form Joao Pedro leads the line. He will be vital both in attack and in defending set pieces.

Here are the full team line-ups for Arsenal vs Chelsea (kick off at 16:30 GMT)

CHELSEA:

Chelsea’s team to take on Arsenal at the Emirates.

This is a huge chance for Sarr to show what he can do. Liam Rosenior knows him and trusts him from Strasbourg, but it’s still a massive step up for the youngster. With Fofana only able to play once a week, Sarr could pick up plenty of minutes in the season remaining.

In other news…

Todd Boehly has been speaking at yet another business conference, and as you can imagine he’s put his foot in his mouth once again.

A combined XI of Arsenal and Chelsea shows a surprising number of Blues in there, sadly they’re not all available today.

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