5. Arsene vs Conte

Arsene will be facing 14^th different Chelsea manager in Conte, when these two Managers meet on Saturday. Arsene’s record vs Blues can be divided into pre and post Roman era. Arsene did not lose a premier league outing vs Chelsea till 2005, a sequence of 17 matches, with 10 of them ending in victory.

After the quarter final loss vs Raineri’s men in 2004, Arsene has won only 5 times in the last 29 matches vs Chelsea in all competitions. On the other hand Conte had never gone winless in 3 domestic matches since 2012 and had not lost successive league games since December 2009. Both the managers need 3 points desperately and a loss for either team means 8 point lead for City at the top.

Arsene will be without Ramsey, Per and Welbeck whereas Terry & Zouma are notable absentees for Conte. A 4-3-3 vs a 4-1-4-1, with both mid fields boasting some match winners, another brilliant derby is on cards at Emirates. This will be the first official meeting between Arsene and Conte, and both will need to leave their mark on the match at Emirates. All of the above reasons make this the most intriguing of the five battles to look forward to Arsenal vs Chelsea.

My Prediction will be a 2-2 draw with Hazard and Diego scoring for Chelsea and Iwobi and Perez for Gunners.