A day after Manchester United posted another victory, both Chelsea and Arsenal will head into their London Derby needing a victory to keep pace with the red-hot Red Devils.
Arsenal will be looking to rebound from its loss to Manchester United last week, which won't come easy at Stamford Bridge against a Chelsea team that will be eager to recover after a mid-week stumble against Hull.
Had your fill of EPL soccer after Saturday's loaded schedule? There's plenty of other quality fixtures, including Fiorentina-Roma as well as Sao Paolo-Santos match that should be entertaining.
If you will be watching today's action, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action (Today's soccer TV schedule is after the jump):
SUNDAY
8:30am– Setanta USA- Birmingham vs. Wolves
9am– FSC/FSE- Bologna vs. AC Milan
9am– RAI/ESPN360.com- Inter Milan vs. Cagliari
11am– FSC/FSE- Chelsea vs. Arsenal
11am– DirecTV- Almeria vs. Sporting Gijon
11am– DirectTV- Mallorca vs. Villarreal
11am– DirecTV- Athletic Bilbao vs. Xerez
11am– Setanta USA- Toulouse vs. Lyon
12:55pm– Telemundo- Toluca vs. Monterrey
1pm– GolTV- Real Zaragoza vs. Sevilla
1pm– Setanta USA- Birmingham vs. Wolves
2:45pm- FSC/RAI- Fiorentina vs. AS Roma
3pm– Setanta USA- Marseille vs. Valenciennes
3pm- FSE- Indios vs. Morelia
3pm– GolTV- Racing Santander vs. Atletico Madrid
5pm– GolTV- Sao Paulo vs. Santos (Delayed)
5pm– Azteca America- Indios vs. Morelia (Delayed)
10pm– Setanta USA- Chelsea vs. Arsenal (Delayed)
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i agree, I just have loved him since he came up at marseille. Personally I’m not ready to give up on him yet.
if vanpersie wasn’t hurt it would b a whole different team without him the team in they can’t contend wit the big boys
Nasri was very weak today.
if van persie is fit, I think he has to lead the line.
————–RVP————–
Nasri———Arshavin—–Walcott
———Song—-Fabregas——–
Clichy—-Vermaelen—Gallas—–Sagna
———–Szczesny————
Has there been any new cba news? Find it interesting especially with the NBA and NFL having cba issues now as well, this cold be a crazy next couple of years for pro sports in this country. As MLS is growing and trying to offer larger contracts the other leagues are trying to scale back.
Anybody know where I can get a ticket to the Netherlands game?
or this:
—————Bendtner————
—–Arshavin————Van Persie
——-Fabregas——–Nasri——-
—————–Song————–
Clichy————————Sagna
——–Vermaelan—–Gallas——-
—————-Almunia————
Lots of possibilities…
Carlo Ancelotti is a tactical mastermind. He knew that Arsenal would have the majority of the possession and decided to use a 4-3-3 for quick transition rather than a 4-3-1-2, which would have been useless since that’s more of a possession keeping/tempo controlling lineup when they wouldn’t have the majority, at least not in most cases. Combined with Chelsea’s quick passing, the counterattack repeatedly caught Arsenal on the backfoot. Arsenal’s issue is that they worked the ball so slowly that Chelsea had all the time in the world to get their numbers back. Arshavin is not a target man and while he has excellent finishing, he can’t be played there. I think this sort of thing works for Arsenal:
————Arshavin—-Bendtner———-
Van Persie—–Fabregas—Song——-Nasri
Clichy—–Vermaelen—–Gallas——Sagna
——————-Almunia—————-
Anyone else noticed the “FOX Soccer HD Live” logo on your screen?
Next match Wed.
Wednesday
I posted so many insightful things too. I don’t want to post them again though. But you should have read the amazing things I came up with!
not sure the comment section was working earlier. I put in a couple and it was not reflecting
(SBI-All comments were re-directing into the wrong folder. That has since been fixed. Apologies for the inconvenience.)
(tumbleweeds).
Is Arsenal, a team that routinely finishes top 4 but rarely wins the league anymore, actually that appealing to watch?
Can you hear me now?
Where the heck is everybody? Are you all in such awe of Chelsea that you can’t find the words?
lol, not one comment in almost 3 hours? wow. I could have been “first” one billion times.
I guess the Superbowl will always be king.
Well Drogba owns Arsenal. 12 goals in 12 games against the gunners is what I think I heard. Pretty impressive. How old is that guy? 30 something???
where is everybody?
Getting naps in before the big game?
Buehler?
Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass at Chelsea Arsenal game. Damn I wish I was rich and famous and do those kinds of things.
Gladbach should play Bradley higher. They’re getting nothing from the chap in front of him.
unbelieveable that for the second straight week arsenal gets a counter attack goal scored on them… They need a patrick veiria back in the squad. Alex Song is bad..
Wow a little slow today
Isn’t Freddy playing the second half today???
helllooooo? is anybody out there?
DROGBA x2
Controversy doesn’t seem to have affected Terry – he assisted on Drogba’s goal.
Wow, Drogba scores against Arsenal AGAIN. 1-0 off an assist from Terry.
Nice Drogba volley off a Terry header to start the match. Chelsea 1-0 over Arsenal already
Nice Drogba volley off a Terry header. Chelsea 1-0 over Arsenal
DROGBA!!!
interested in the fiorentina game. fiorentina just swooped in for Adem Ljajic, a young serb who was thought to have signed with Man U in 2009 along with Zoran Tosic, but the deal fell through and now he’s latched on with Fiorentina.
Only 18, a good run of games in a higher profile league (he’s a product of Partizan) could see him force his way into the Serbian squad for the World Cup, which is shaping up to look awfully dangerous.
Arsenal v. Chelsea, yes please. Anyone else feel like the gunners have no shot against the other big boys? Watch me propagandize futbol at my Superbowl party today.
So what is this quasi-HD that FSC has used the past couple of weeks? It is better than the normal feed, but it isn’t quite HD (which I will assume will be available when the FSC HD channel is actually available?)
0-0 Milan v. Bologna. Milan had a some chances and controlled the game but couldn’t put one in the bag of the old onion bag; hit the cross bar twice
Chelsea v. Arsenal, yes please. Anyone else feel like the gunners have no chance against the other big boys? I think there might be another football game going on in America later today, haven’t heard much about it though.
Bueller?
Eddie Johnson played 90 minutes in Aris’ 2-0 loss.
Empty stadium, monsoon conditions, bad pitch, and two bonehead errors by the defense lead to a loss to a team who had only won once all season.
No Adu today, hopefully he plays on Wednesday in the Greek Cup against the same team they played last week.
Aris was abandonded.
What happened to the Aris game? Is the second half going to be played today?
BM down 1-0 to Mainz. Bradley starting in his usual role.
Predictions for Chelsea-Arsenal?
How come Beckham isn’t playing?
The Birmingham v. Wolves match is pretty rough viewing.
Wolves are terrible. They’d struggle to win the MLS Cup.
must win for Arsenal today if that are to have a shot at the title.
basically a must win for Arsenal if they have any shot at the title. Just don’t think they can pull it off today. who knows though….
Super Commercial today. lol
I’m still smiling over Jozy’s GOAL yesterday. Made my weekend. I knew it was coming and he did in style against Man City no less. SWEET!
shut up voyeur