Emery makes two changes to his Arsenal side, one of which is enforced due to Ainsley Maitland-Niles’ leg fracture. Monreal slots into his natural position on the left as a result, with Iwobi coming in to play ahead of him. Ramsey drops to the bench as a result, where Leno also stays despite Cech attracting widespread criticism in recent days.
Sarri names an unchanged side to the team that defeated Huddersfield last weekend, with Hazard remaining on the bench after his exploits at the World Cup. Barkley starts again in midfield, with Real Madrid loanee Kovacic on the bench along with Moses – who announced his international retirement with Nigeria this week.
Arsenal subs: Bernd Leno, Mohamed Elneny, Aaron Ramsey, Alexandre Lacazette, Lucas Torreira, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Danny Welbeck.
Chelsea subs: Willy Caballero, Eden Hazard, Victor Moses, Mateo Kovacic, Olivier Giroud, Davide Zappacosta, Andreas Christensen.
Arsenal XI (4-2-3-1): Petr Cech; Hector Bellerin, Sokratis, Shkodran Mustafi, Nacho Monreal; Matteo Guendouzi, Granit Xhaka; Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Mesut Ozil, Alex Iwobi; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Chelsea XI (4-3-3): Kepa Arrizabalaga; Cesar Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Antonio Rudiger, Marcos Alonso; N’Golo Kante, Jorginho, Ross Barkley; Willian, Alvaro Morata, Pedro.
Unai Emery was thrown into the deep end at Arsenal with a difficult start to life in the Premier League as the Gunners lost 2-0 to defending champions Manchester City. The North London side will be desperate to bounce back with a positive result but have struggled in recent history at Stamford Bridge.
Maurizio Sarri’s spell in charge of Chelsea got off to a flying start last weekend as the Blues cruised to victory on the road against Huddersfield Town, immediately bouncing back from their Community Shield defeat to Chelsea. They will be keen to make it two wins out of two against an Arsenal side still finding their feet.
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Chelsea have won five of the last six Premier League meetings with Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, while the Gunners have failed to score in four of their last five trips across the capital.