Chelsea vs. Arsenal Preview

Sunday’s Premier League action commences at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea host Arsenal.

The Blues have one just one of their last seven league games in front of their own fans, drawing 2-2 with Southampton last time out having led 2-0 with just over half an hour to play.

John Terry is set to make his first start since November, while John Obi-Mikel and Victor Moses are away at the Africa Cup of Nations. Oriol Romeu  is out for the rest of the season with a serious knee injury.

Demba Ba has three goals in his four appearances for Chelsea so far, and is favourite to open the scoring at a best price of 5.5 (9/2) with Stan James, whilst Eden Hazard is widely available at 10.0 (9/1) having scored in his last two outings.

The European Champions are favourites for the match, and are priced at 2.0 (1/1) with Stan James with Arsenal on offer at 4.33 (10/3). The draw is 3.75 (11/4) with most firms.

The visitors go in to the game on the back of a 2-0 defeat to Manchester City, meaning anything less than three points here could leave them adrift in the chase for a Champions League place.

Laurent Koscielny is available after serving a one match suspension, though Mikel Arteta and Tomas Rosicky are side-lined through injury. Gervinho is away with Ivory Coast at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Theo Walcott finally ended months of speculation by signing a new contract at the club in the week, and is 9.0 (8/1) to celebrate the deal with the first goal of the game.