National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Arsenal or Chelsea that keep their silverware dream alive.
This is a local derby, usually meaning more pressure and importance.
Arsenal form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Camping World Stadium as Arsenal have scored 35 goals to get 41 points from 19 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 13-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The Arsenal club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Everton and win 5-1. As mentioned above, Arsenal "killed" Everton in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Defender Soares got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.81/10. Soares scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Newcastle United.A decent goal production from Arsenal in their home games so far, with 35 goals from 19 league matches. Arsenal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Camping World Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 19 matches.
Chelsea form and stats
Chelsea's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Chelsea collect 40 points from their 19 away matches in the Premier League. 12 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats).
Impressive finishing from Havertz and Barkley secured the home win 2-1 against Watford in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Tuchel when Barkley scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute. Attacker Mount got a player rating of 7.82 in the game. "Man of the match" Mount hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 46 total).
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Watford in the Premier League.The Chelsea manager Tuchel has got the team scoring on the road, with 39 away goals in 19 league matches. It's not easy to score on Chelsea as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Arsenal-Chelsea H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Arsenal five wins, Chelsea four wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Arsenal missing players
Chelsea missing players
| Arsenal | Chelsea | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 29 | 46 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.6 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 15.3 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 38 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 99 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 73 | 93 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 38 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 94 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 68 | 92 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 76 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 43 | 74 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 69 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 29 | 71 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 38 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 61 | 48 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 13 | 69 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 57 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 35 | 0 | 58 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 51 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 56 |
| 8 | Leicester City | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 59 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 3 | 52 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 21 | -2 | 51 |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 43 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 18 | -5 | 51 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 62 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -18 | 49 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 50 | 46 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 48 |
| 13 | Brentford | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 35 | -8 | 46 |
| 14 | Aston Villa | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 52 | 54 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 45 |
| 15 | Southampton | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 67 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 43 | -24 | 40 |
| 16 | Everton | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 43 | 66 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 41 | -23 | 39 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 79 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 41 | -37 | 38 |
| 18 | Burnley | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 34 | 53 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -19 | 35 |
| 19 | Watford | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 34 | 77 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 31 | -43 | 23 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 84 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 41 | -61 | 22 |
