Paul Merson and Chris Sutton agree on what the result for Chelsea's trip to Arsenal will be as they play …

In the back of the blues, the blues recorded a 1-1 draw against the Gunners last November. Remarkably, when Enzo Maresca's team defeated Arsenal on Sunday, they will only pull three points behind.

An early piece of team news is that Robert Sanchez will start arsenal when head coach Maresca confirmed that he regained number one at Filip Jorgensen's expense.

It would be great for Chelsea to log off with a win before the international break from March because it is a long waiting time until your next game.

Paul Merson and Chris Sutton predict arsenal against Chelsea

Paul Merson predicted a home victory for Arsenal to Chelsea on Sunday and claims that the latter are currently not playing well enough.

Merson said to Sportskeeda: “What do I say about Chelsea? You bored Leicester last weekend! As you play, I don't see how you can beat Arsenal here …

“Arsenal has to win this game. A defeat against Chelsea would pull the Gunners back into the race to get under the top 4 …

“Chelsea is a better team when Cole shoots Palmer, but he fought without Nicolas Jackson. I assume that Palmer will find more space for the company in this game, but I'm not sure whether Chelsea is enough to worry Arsenal … Prediction: Arsenal 2-0 Chelsea. “

Chris Sutton Chelsea types in a similar way when you travel to North London on weekends.

Sutton said to BBC Sport: “There will be not many goals in this game – a goal could be enough to win it and I go with arsenal to achieve it. Declan Rice was very lively in his new attack role against Manchester United and I can see how he scores goal again.

“Chelsea has flattered in the past few weeks to deceive. They won their last two league games, but they were against Southampton and Leicester. This is a much larger test. Suttons prediction: 1-0. “

Arsenal winger Raheem Sterling, who is loaned by Chelsea this season, is a man who is not available to play against his parents' association. Interestingly, Sterling feels happy in Arsenal compared to Chelsea, where he felt isolated.

Although the Gunners from Sterling, Kai Havertz and Bukayo will be of their attack this weekend, it is worth noting that they only hit the quarter -finals of the Champions League with 9: 3 in the aggregate.

Chelsea's away form must improve

In the Premier League this season Chelsea was much stronger than on the go.

If the blues want to seal the qualification of the Champions League, you may need to improve your away form.

On paper it is quite discouraging that Chelsea still has to travel to Arsenal, Brentford, Fulham, Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest this season.