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Chelsea face a trip to Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 82 games played, Blues have recorded 20 wins, and Arsenal have come away with 41 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in May 2009, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 4 winners in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sun 10 May | Arsenal | 1 - 4 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 18 Apr | Arsenal | 1 - 2 | Chelsea | FAC |
| 2008/2009 | Sun 30 Nov | Chelsea | 1 - 2 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 23 Mar | Chelsea | 2 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 16 Dec | Arsenal | 1 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 06 May | Arsenal | 1 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 25 Feb | Chelsea | 2 - 1 | Arsenal | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Arsenal could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Gunners have rattled up an impressive 20 goals, and conceded 5.
The Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Blues, and 0 goals against.
Arsenal's total of 25 points from their 12 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League. Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 33 points from the 13 games played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arsenal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 15 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Blues could well see them head back from Emirates Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arsenal | Won 12 successive home games. 22 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Chelsea | Undefeated in last 3 away games. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |