Chelsea And Arsenal Battle Today At Stamford Bridge

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It is a rare Tuesday Premier League fixture for the Blues this week and it comes only three-and-a-half weeks after we won the reverse fixture at Arsenal in our final game on 2019.

The match takes place at Stamford Bridge today, Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Kick-off is 8.15pm UK time.

Chelsea have lost eight of their 23 Premier League matches during the 2019-20 campaign but are still fourth in the table, five points clear of fifth-placed Manchester United on the same number of matches. The Red Devils had the chance to close the gap on Sunday but suffered a 2-0 defeat to runaway leaders Liverpool.

It was always going to be a testing season for the Blues when considering Frank Lampard's inexperience at this level, in addition to the fact that they were unable to make signings over the summer due to a transfer ban.

As expected, a young team has struggled to find consistency this season, but a record of 12 wins from 23 matches is relatively strong under the circumstances, and they are in charge of their own destiny when it comes to securing another top-four finish in England's top flight.

There is no question that Lampard would have been disappointed with the defeat at Newcastle, but they had entered the clash at St James' Park off the back of three wins in their last four matches in all competitions.

Arsenal, meanwhile, will enter the contest off the back of a 1-1 draw at home to Sheffield United on Saturday afternoon. Gabriel Martinelli had sent the Gunners ahead on the stroke of the interval, but John Fleck came up with a leveller for Chris Wilder's side, who continue to impress.

The result followed a 1-1 at Crystal Palace the week before, meaning that Arsenal have not actually won in the Premier League since the 2-0 success over Manchester United on New Year's Day.

Like Chelsea, though, Mikel Arteta's side have progressed to the fourth round of the FA Cup and will take on struggling Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on January 27.

The Gunners are also back in European action next month as they prepare to take on Greek giants Olympiacos in the last-32 stage of the Europa League. It is not the competition that the club will want to be in, but they will fancy their chances of challenging for the trophy having reached the final last season.

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