Arsenal welcome Chelsea with a spot in the EFL Cup final up for grabs. The Gunners have the slight advantage having run out 3-2 winners in the first leg clash, but Rosenior’s Chelsea have shown plenty of resilience in recent weeks.

The winner will take on either Manchester City or Newcastle for a shot at the first piece of silverware on offer this season, which would be significant for either of the managers in the dugout here.

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Arsenal returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a convincing 4-0 win over Leeds away from home, which is no easy task at a ground like Elland Road. Arsenal needed a result like that after going three games without a win in the top flight, and it has turned out to be a very good weekend for them with both Manchester City and Aston Villa dropping points.

This has put Arsenal six points at the top of the Premier League, with the Gunners having a decent run of games over the next few weeks to possibly even extend this lead with clashes against Sunderland and Brentford to come. This should also allow Arteta to field a strong side here, as there isn’t really massive pressure on the game against Sunderland at the Emirates to come over the weekend.

Chelsea came back from behind, again, to beat West Ham 3-2 last time out in a victory that marked the sixth success from seven games for the Blues under Rosenior. The former Strasbourg boss has to be given serious credit for the start he has made with the Blues in terms of results, but I don’t think that the performances quite match up, so there will be a tough period for the Blues at some point over the next few weeks.

That being said, I think the Chelsea players have responded quite well to the tempered approach of Rosenior, who prefers a human-first style of management, which isn’t really something that his predecessor managed to perfect, and you could argue that this is crucial for a squad that is as young as Chelsea’s. Rosenior will have to make another bit of history here if Chelsea are to progress to the final - Arsenal are unbeaten across their last 10 meetings with Chelsea, and Mikel Arteta has only lost twice to the Blues across 16 competitive clashes.

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Arsenal are starting to welcome important players back to the starting eleven, but they have key injury issues that could prove to be decisive in this clash. Kai Havertz made his first Premier League start since returning from injury at Elland Road over the weekend and made a marked impact on the side, freeing up Gyokeres to focus on being a danger in the penalty area, which led to the Swedish striker getting on the scoresheet.

Arsenal did lose Bukayo Saka in the warm-up to that game, and it is unclear if he will be available to feature in that clash. This could open the door for Noni Madueke to start against his former club, though the winger's confidence has been pretty low over the last few weeks, so Arteta may pivot to a different option. Mikel Merino also picked up an injury over the last few days, with Arsenal reportedly set to go into the loan market on the final day of the window to find a replacement.

Liam Rosenior has experimented with a few shapes and systems at Chelsea so far, and it has very much been a tale of two halves for the Blues in most games so far. In each of their recent 3-2 wins over Napoli and West Ham, Chelsea put in woeful first-half displays, which led to them trailing in both games. In fairness to Rosenior, he recognised these issues and made half-time tweaks which contributed to Chelsea winning both games - but this isn’t sustainable.

Chelsea remain without long-term absentees Romeo Lavia and Levi Colwill, though there have been rumours in recent weeks that we will see both play for Chelsea before the season is out, which is particularly big news for Levi Colwill, who has missed the entire campaign due to an ACL injury he suffered at the start of the season.

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