You Bet | Indifferent Arsenal are against the odds to upset runaway leaders Chelsea at Stamford Bridge
September’s 3-0 home win counts for little as Gunners travel to the home of the Premier League leaders
Arsenal blew a big chance on Tuesday night with their home defeat by Watford when victory would have set them up perfectly for Saturday’s English Premier League clash with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
The Gunners could have gone into their showdown with the leaders trailing by only six points and with the tantalising prospect of cutting that deficit in half if they managed to win.
Instead they are nine points behind as Chelsea continue to hold a commanding advantage over their title rivals.
Only a single point covers second-placed Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Liverpool and fifth-placed Manchester City, but none of them has proved capable of eating into Chelsea’s lead for a sustained period.
A key reason for that is their tendency to drop points against the lesser teams, with Arsenal’s 2-1 loss to Watford the latest example.
No wonder Arsenal’s fans feel frustrated again as Arsene Wenger’s team have improved in many areas this season, chiefly in attack where they are on course to score 20 goals more than last season, but they still throw in the occasional costly bad result.