Arsenal vs Chelsea Betting Tips: Latest odds, team news, preview and predictions

Arsenal will be aiming to close the gap on Chelsea when the sides meet at the Emirates Stadium in Saturday's Premier League clash.

Unai Emery's men are six points adrift of their fourth-placed opponents after losing two of their last three league fixtures.

Latest odds

However, having won eight and lost none of their last eight league matches in front of their own fans, they are available at 2/1 (3.00) with bet365 to return to form with a big win here.

The Blues have only lost one of their last 16 league encounters with this opposition, and are 13/10 (2.30) favourites to complete a Premier League double over them for a record sixth time.

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Four of the last six competitive meetings between this pair have resulted in draws, and you can get odds of 5/2 (3.50) on this one also finishing up all square.

Team news

Danny Welbeck, Rob Holding and Henrikh Mkhitaryan are all sidelined, although Konstantinos Mavropanos could be in contention after turning out for the Under-23s last week following a long-term injury.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek remains absent through injury, while Alvaro Morata's place in the squad could be in doubt as he looks set to leave the club.

Free-scoring clash

With his team struggling to turn dominance into goals recently, it is not hard to see why Maurizio Sarri is reportedly keen to replace the misfiring Morata with his old favourite Gonzalo Higuain.

Nevertheless, whoever leads the line for his team is unlikely to have too much difficulty against a defence that has kept just one clean sheet in 15 league games and only conceded fewer goals than six other teams in the division all season.

On the other hand, they may struggle at the other end of the pitch to contain a Gunners attack that has been outscored by only Manchester City and Liverpool so far, hitting the net 12 times in the last four home league matches.

Predictions

Having played out an entertaining five-goal thriller in the reverse encounter, odds of 10/11 (1.91) look generous on both teams getting on target in a game featuring over 2.5 goals for Arsenal's eighth match in 11 and Chelsea's 11th in 13 in the league.