Best Odds for Chelsea v Arsenal

By DAVE ANDERSON, 18/08/2018

The Premier League match that most football fans will be betting on this week kicks-off at 5:30pm on Saturday August 18th when Chelsea take on Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.

To help those that are betting on the match, we've listed British Bookmakers best odds for Chelsea v Arsenal, their betting offers and price boosts, and a preview of the game.

Chelsea v Arsenal: Best Odds

Check out the best odds that bookmakers offer for a Chelsea win (H), a win for Arsenal (A), or a draw (D) below. Use the ALL ODDS tab to view more bookmakers odds.

NB: Bookmakers best odds for Chelsea v Arsenal correct at the time this match preview went live and are subject to change. Last updated: 08:46 on 18/08/2018.

Chelsea v Arsenal: Betting Offers

The highlight of Saturday’s Premier League action takes place at Stamford Bridge, when Chelsea take on Arsenal in the first London Derby of the new season.

As well as bookmakers best odds on the match shown above, we've also listed the betting offers and price boosts that they're offering for those that plan to bet on the game.

Chelsea v Arsenal: Preview

The highlight of Saturday’s Premier League action is without question the trip that Unai Emery's Arsenal will be making to Stamford Bridge when they take on Maurizio Sarri's Chelsea.

Bookmakers odds have Chelsea as favourites to win, and if they play anything like they did in last weeks 3-0 away win at Huddersfield, they'll definitely be taking all three points off Arsenal.

In saying that, Arsenal did just edge it in their pre-season friendly in Dublin, when Peter Cech denied his old club a victory in an exciting 6-5 penalty shoot out after it ended 1-1 in 90 minutes.

This is a key game for both clubs, as neither Chelsea nor Arsenal managed to secure a top 4 spot last season, and both sides come into the 2018-19 season under new management.

Only 7 points separated Chelsea and Arsenal at the end of last season, and while bookmakers offer Chelsea as the favourites to win at home, overall Arsenal have the better track record.

Chelsea had a strong start to their 2018-19 Premier League campaign under their new manager Maurizio Sarri, kicking off with a 3-0 win against Huddersfield in their opening fixture.

That opening match also saw new signing Jorginho score in his first appearance, and Chelsea currently sit in 2nd place in the Premier League table.

They may have the home advantage in this London derby, but the last time Chelsea beat their London rivals was in February 2017, and they’ve not beaten them in the 6 matches since then.

Online bookmakers offer Sarri’s team as the firm favourites, but Arsenal shouldn’t be underestimated and this won’t be an easy match for Chelsea by any means.

Luckily Sarri has no major injury worries to contend with, and fortunately Chelsea also don’t have too many difficult teams to play in their next few matches.

A 3 point victory over rivals Arsenal would put them in a good position at this stage of the competition, but they’ll probably have to work quite hard to get those 3 points.

Unfortunately Unai Emery didn’t have a great start to the season as Arsenal's manager losing 2-0 in their opening fixture to Man City, and currently in 15th place in the table.

Although they lost to last seasons Champions, Arsenal are a strong team on paper, and with a number of new signings including Stephan Lichtsteiner, Bernd Leno, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Lucas Torreira and Matteo Guendouzi, they might just get something out of the match.

A win or even a draw would be good for Arsenal following their opening match loss, as they really don’t want to get on the back foot this early in the season.

Luckily The Gunners don’t have any tough fixtures after the Chelsea match, as they'll face West Ham, Cardiff and Newcastle which gives them the opportunity to put points on the board.

While bookmakers offer Chelsea as favourites to win, and look the stronger team, Arsenal should never be ruled out when looking at previous results from this fixture.

Chelsea v Arsenal kicks-off at 5.30pm on Saturday August 18th.

Chelsea v Arsenal: Stats

Chelsea and Arsenal have played each other a total of 195 times with Arsenal currently having won on more occasions (76 times), compared to Chelsea wining 62 of the fixtures.

The last 2 Premier League fixtures between these clubs may have ended in draws, but Arsenal have beaten Chelsea in The League Cup, Community Shield and FA Cup games since Chelsea’s last Premier League victory against them in February 2017.

The last Premier League match between these two sides occurred at the Emirates on the 3rd of January earlier this year when the match ended in a 2 all draw.

Wilshere scored first for Arsenal but a Hazard penalty and a goal from Alonso gave Chelsea the lead before Bellerin scored in the 90th minute to draw the match for Arsène Wenger's side.

The last 6 Premier League matches involving Chelsea and Arsenal resulted in 3 wins for Chelsea, 1 win for Arsenal and 2 of the fixtures ending in draws.

The last match that Chelsea played Arsenal at home at Stamford Bridge was when they met in the League Cup on the 10th of January in 2018 with the match ending in a goalless draw.

The biggest win that Chelsea have ever had over Arsenal was a Premier League match on the 22nd of March in 2014 when they won 6-0 at Stamford Bridge.

The demolition of Arsène Wenger's team included a brace by Oscar as well as further goals from Samuel Eto'o, André Schürrle, Eden Hazard and last seasons top scorer, Mohamed Salah.

The highest score that Arsenal have ever beaten Chelsea by was also a Premier League fixture and saw them beat them 3-5 at Stamford Bridge on the 29th of October in 2011.

A hat-trick from Robin Van Persie plus goals from Andre Santos and Theo Walcott was enough to beat the 3 goals that Chelsea scored through Frank Lampard, John Terry and Juan Mata.

Chelsea's: Form

Looking at the last 6 fixtures that Chelsea have played in all competitions, they've won 2, drawn 3, and lost 1 scoring a total of 6 goals (1 goal per game) and conceding a total of 4 goals.

Arsenal's: Form

Looking at the last 6 fixtures that Arsenal have contested in all competitions, they've won 3, drawn 2, and lost 1 scoring a total of 17 goals (2.83 goals per game) and conceding 5 times.