Chelsea vs Arsenal: Premier League – teams, start time, lineups

Premier League leaders Arsenal meet their nearest rivals and FIFA Club World Cup holders, Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge.

Who: Chelsea and Arsenal
What: English Premier League
Where: Stamford Bridge, London, United Kingdom
When: Sunday, November 30 at 4:30pm (16:30 GMT)
How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on media Sport from 14:30 GMT in advance of our text commentary stream.

The top of the table clash between Arsenal and Chelsea on Sunday has the potential to blow the Premier League title race wide open.

Alternatively, it could leave it in danger of turning into a procession.

media Sport takes a look at potentially the most crucial game of the Premier League season.

Arsenal are six points clear at the top as they head to Stamford Bridge.

With defending champions Liverpool in freefall and Manchester City also off the pace, it could be Arsenal’s title to lose.

The closest challengers are second-place Chelsea, winners of the FIFA Club World Cup in July and with a squad that cost more than $1bn. But it is possibly ahead of the curve in terms of mounting a serious title charge for the side that also lifted the UEFA Conference League trophy last season.

The Blues are on a three-match winning streak, with nine of their last 11 in total, losing only once.

With a squad regarded as possibly the strongest in Europe, Mikel Arteta’s men are undefeated in 16 games across all competitions, winning 14 during that run.

Arsenal manager Arteta says second-placed Chelsea “fully deserve” to be considered Premier League title contenders.

Despite their fine form, Enzo Maresca’s youthful Chelsea side are still considered outsiders to win the Premier League title.

But Arteta is not underestimating the opponents.

“They are there because they fully deserve to be,” he told reporters about Chelsea on Friday.

“What they have done in the last few years, the squad that they assembled, the numbers that they have, the quality that they have, the number of coaches they have, it makes sense that what is happening there is very, very positive and they deserve to be there.”

The former Arsenal and Spain midfielder said Chelsea were one of the teams he most enjoyed watching.