<div class="track"><img alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.24.1.1/59455?ns=guardian&pageName=Arsenal+v+Chelsea%21+%7C+Tom+Bryant%3AArticle%3A1734534&ch=Football&c3=GU.co.uk&c4=Premier+League+2011-12%2CPremier+League+%28Football%29%2CArsenal+FC+%28Football%29%2CChelsea+%28Football%29%2CFootball%2CSport&c5=Unclassified%2CPremier+League&c6=Tom+Bryant&c7=12-Apr-21&c8=1734534&c9=Article&c10=Minute+by+minute%2CMatch+report&c11=Football&c13=&c25=&c30=content&c42=Sport&h2=GU%2FSport%2FFootball%2FPremier+League+2011-12" width="1" height="1" /></div><p class="standfirst">• Press refresh or hit the auto-update for the latest<br />• Email <a href="mailto:tom.bryant.casual@guardian.co.uk">tom.bryant.casual@guardian.co.uk</a><br />• Or get in touch <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/tombry">via Twitter</a>, if that's your thing<br />• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/matches">Follow all the early kick-offs with our scores service</a></p><!-- Block 2 --><p><span class="timestamp">11.51am:</span> The teams are coming in - eight changes for Chelsea, apparently.</p><p>Anyway, here's the Arsenal's side: Szczesny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Gibbs, Song, Ramsey, Rosicky, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Walcott, Van Persie.</p><p><strong>Substitutes:</strong> Fabianski, Djourou, Santos, Diaby, Coquelin, Gervinho, Chamakh.</p><p><strong>Chelsea:</strong> Cech, Bosingwa, Cahill, Terry, Bertrand, Essien, Romeu, Malouda, Kalou, Sturridge, Torres.</p><p>So only Cahill and Cech survive from the Barcelona game. That's a bold strategy from Di Matteo.</p><!-- Block 1 --><p><span class="timestamp">11.49am:</span> <strong>Preamble:</strong> Afternoon! Chelsea's last meeting with Arsenal in the league will not be one that John Terry will wish to recall. If he does, his abiding memory will be of his legs giving way much as if he was Stan Laurel skittering on a banana skin, while Robin van Persie swooshed past him and slotted the ball calmly past Petr Cech. The result that day at Stamford Bridge was a scarcely believable 5-3 win to Arsenal, with Andre Villas Boas's high-line leaking four second-half goals and Van Persie booming in a hat-trick. </p><p>For Chelsea, that result came a week after the 0-1 loss to QPR, and was followed by a run of two wins, three losses and a draw in all competitions. Today, they have lost only once in a month-and-a-bit, and that came against Manchester City. Confidence is high following the (fortunate) thumping of Spurs and the (fortunate) defensive win against Barcelona. A win at The Emirates would mean that, perhaps only briefly, they will go fourth. Can Roberto Di Matteo's revival of the team/reliance on the old soldiers continue? And will he rest players here, with thoughts of Barcelona mid-week on his mind?</p><p>Arsenal's confidence was up too, with wins over City and Wolves, but the defeat to Wigan on Monday night has suggested there is plenty of wobble to their strut. Today, they will be hoping to bounce back from that defeat because, as Arsene Wenger has said, they won't get away with making two mistakes at this stage of the season if they want to make sure of Champions League qualification.</p><h2>Match pointers</h2><p>• In this season's reverse fixture, Arsenal became the first team to score five against Chelsea in the top flight since Liverpool in September 1996</p><p>• Roberto Di Matteo has taken two fewer points from his first six league matches as Chelsea manager (11) than André Villas-Boas managed (13)</p><p>• Arsenal have the division's leading scorer (Robin van Persie – 27) but have also had the joint most different scorers (17, with Everton)</p><p>• Didier Drogba has scored eight Premier League goals against Arsenal, making them his joint favourite opponents (along with West Bromwich)</p><p>• Arsenal have scored in their past 16 consecutive home fixtures</p><div class="related" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/premier-league-2011-12">Premier League 2011-12</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/premierleague">Premier League</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/arsenal">Arsenal</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/chelsea">Chelsea</a></li></ul></div><div class="author"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/tombryant">Tom Bryant</a></div><br/><div class="terms"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">guardian.co.uk</a> © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html">Terms & Conditions</a> | <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/feeds">More Feeds</a></div><p style="clear:both" />
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