Aug 22, 2021 at 10:30
HONOR
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Arsenal and Chelsea will play the first London derby of the 2021/22 season on the second day of the Premier League. The blues, who arrive thrown after the European Super Cup and the win against Crystal, visit the Emirates Stadium, where they haven’t won for two seasons. The gunners, meanwhile, They fell at the premiere in front of Brentford and show more shadows than lights.
The British league tournament presents one of the best matches of the competition on the second day: Arsenal and Chelsea will play the first derby of the course in two antagonistic moments. Those of Mikel Arteta, who this season They will not compete in European competition for the first time since 1996, They left lots of question marks at the premiere and a painful loss to rookie Brentford.
Those of Thomas Tuchel will visit North London in an unbeatable dynamic. After winning the Champions League last season, the blues They have started as they ended: winning. They defeated Villarreal in the European Super Cup penalty shootout and thrashed and convinced against Crystal Palace in the Premier League premiere.
The Emirates, a stronghold for Arsenal against Chelsea
Arsenal do not go well to the derby, but they have one of the most important assets in recent years: their authority at the Emirates Stadium. The gunners they have only harvested one loss in Chelsea’s last nine visits (six wins, two draws and one loss). It will be the 204th time that they are measured and Arsenal have only won three of their last 18 head-to-head matches against Chelsea.
Those three victories were precisely at home, in the 2016/17, 2018/19 and 2020/21 seasons. The last time they lost at home was in 2019/20, when Chelsea won 1-2 with goals from Jorginho and Abraham late in the game.
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