Arsenal vs Chelsea Betting Tips

 The race is on for Arsenal to more or less solidify third place as their own if they can get the drop on Chelsea during Saturday's noon-time fixture. The Gunners look up against it as Mikel Arteta will miss the rest of the season due to an ankle injury while on-loan Yossi Benayoun is unavailable against his parent club.

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Arsene Wenger knows his team must get all three points in order to ensure the smoothest form of sailing into the seasons final weeks. Spurs will then be forced to hold off Chelsea in order to ensure any shot at Champions League football next year.

Abou Diaby, Laurent Kosvcielny and Francis Coquelin all return from bans or injuries and will likely go straight back into the line-up.

The bookmakers favour Arsenal in this one and they're listed at an even money price to get the outright result. You'll find Chelsea priced at 13/5 while the draw pays out at a 5/2 margin.

Chelsea will come into this one with plenty of confidence having just put together a high-quality 1-0 victory over European champions Barcelona. It was a gritty performance full of tight moments for Chelsea put they put their defensive mindset on display and took advantage of the opportunity that befell Didier Drogba shortly before the interval.

This particular fixture has produced some real classics in the past and you reckon plenty of bettors will be backing some of the higher-paying correct score margins. This one, at the outset, has the feel of either 0-0 or 4-3 with no middle ground conceded.

It goes without saying that Robin Van Persie is the favoured first goalscorer with a hefty 4/1 price available at the time of this writing. Look out for Fernando Torres to score a genuinely big goal – he's 7/1 to score first but might be a better wager to score last.

As always, wait until you see the team sheets before locking in a first goalscorer wager as there is seldom much of a variance in price.