Arsenal Vs Chelsea: Predicted starting XI

Arsenal Vs Chelsea: Predicted starting XI – Chasing the trophy

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Wing-Backs

This is perhaps the only position that is fairly easy to determine. Wenger confirmed that Sead Kolasinac would be unavailable for selection through injury, which means that Ainsley Maitland-Niles will likely start again, while Hector Bellerin has rarely been rotated out on the right flank with a lack of depth at the position becoming rather clear.

There is a chance that Wenger uses Reiss Nelson at right wing-back, as he has done on several occasions this season. But with Nelson having played at the weekend and Bellerin not even having been in the squad, I would find that a little surprising.