Arsenal – Chelsea. Forecast and announcement for the semi-final of the English League Cup

On Tuesday, February 3, the second semi-final of the English League Cup will take place between “Arsenal” and “Chelsea”. The game will start at 22:00 Kyiv time. The first match ended with the victory of the “gunners” with a score of 2:3.

Arsenal

The London team is having an extremely powerful season. After 24 rounds of the Premier League, the club has 53 points on its balance sheet, which allow it to occupy the 1st step of the tournament table. The distance from the nearest pursuer, “Manchester City” at the moment is already 6 points. In the FA Cup, the Gunners defeated Portsmouth and qualified for the 1/16 finals, where they will play against Wigan.

During the 8 rounds of the Champions League, the English managed to score a maximum of 24 points, which secured them the 1st position in the overall standings and a place in the 1/8 finals of the tournament. Arsenal knocked out Port Vale, Brighton and Crystal Palace on their way to the 1/2 of the League Cup.

Chelsea

Not so stable results are shown by the current world champions, although after the recent appointment of Liam Rosenior, the team’s game has improved significantly. In general, for 24 rounds of the Premier League, the “blues” won 40 points, which so far allows them to be in 5th place in the tournament table. 6 points separate the team from 3rd and 9th place. In the FA Cup, the Londoners beat Charlton and also went to the round of 16, where they will play Hull City.

In the Champions League, Chelsea were less successful, but 16 points still allowed them to take the 6th position and qualify for the 1/8 finals of the competition. On the way to the 1/2 of the League Cup, the “blues” defeated “Lincoln”, “Wolverhampton” and “Cardiff”.

Personal meetings

In the last 10 matches between the clubs, “Arsenal” has a complete advantage. The team has 7 wins on the balance sheet, and 3 more games ended in a draw. The last time “Chelsea” won in this confrontation was in August 2021.

Interesting facts

• The winning streak of “Chelsea” continues for 5 matches in a row.
• Arsenal have kept clean sheets in just 2/7 of their previous games.
• “Chelsea” did not concede in its own only in 2/13 of the last matches.

Forecast

Both teams will enter the field with the desire to show the best result, so it is quite difficult to predict the winner of this confrontation. However, in the last games, both teams have problems in defense, so I will bet that both teams will score (with a coefficient of 1.68 according to the BC betking line).