Arsenal vs Chelsea English Premier League match preview December 23, 2013

Arsenal vs Chelsea 23-12-2013 match english premier league

 Arsenal – Chelsea – Fixtures for Monday brings us the last match of the 17th round of the English Premier League, which is at the same time the derby of the round since in it will play currently leading Arsenal and third-placed Chelsea, who has two points less. These two teams played in the League Cup two months ago and then Chelsea at this very stadium won with 2-0, which was just a continuation of the tradition from the last season when it won both of their championship matches.

 match info :
Football : English Premier League
Date: Monday, December 23, 2013
Kick-off: 20.00 GMT.
Venue: Emirates Stadium
Referee: Mike Dean

Arsenal	Chelsea

Monday Night Football and we have a great London derby in store as Arsenal welcomes Chelsea to The Emirates Stadium. It waits to be seen if Arsenal can still hold on to their top spot after this match. They were beaten by Manchester City 6-3 in their last match and if they suffer another defeat here they could lose the top spot to Chelsea by a point

TEAM NEWS:

Arsenal

Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny is ruled out because of a cut to his knee.

Jack Wilshere begins a two-game ban for misconduct, but Lukas Podolski is available to make his comeback from a hamstring injury.

Possible lineups: Szeczesny; Sagna, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Gibbs; Walcott, Arteta, Ramsey, Cazorla; Ozil; Giroud.
Out: Wilshere (suspended), Miyaichi (hamstring), Sanogo (back), Oxlade-Chamberlain, Diaby (both knee).
Test: Koscielny (knee)

Chelsea

Chelsea right-back Branislav Ivanovic returns from suspension, meaning Cesar Azpilicueta reverts to left-back and Ashley Cole will drop to the bench.

Michael Essien serves a one-game ban after receiving his fifth yellow card of the season against Sunderland.

Possible lineups: Cech; Ivanovic, Terry, Luiz, Azpilicueta; Ramires, Mikel, Lampard, Hazard; Oscar, Torres.
Out: Essien (suspended), Bertrand (knock), Van Ginkel (knee).