Kante And Caballero To Start, Jorginho And Kepa On The Bench: Chelsea’s Predicted XI To Play Arsenal

Kante And Caballero To Start, Jorginho And Kepa On The Bench: Chelsea’s Predicted XI To Play Arsenal

There was a lot of talk surrounding Kepa Arrizabalaga’s omission from the starting eleven against Wolves last weekend and the expectation is that Chelsea manager Frank Lampard will overlook him, once again, for the FA Cup final with Willy Caballero keeping his place in goal.

After keeping a clean sheet on Sunday, the back three of Cesar Azpilicueta, Kurt Zouma and Antonio Rudiger are likely to keep their places, along with wingbacks Reece James and Marcos Alonso.

Lampard has a massive decision to make in central midfield. N’Golo Kante has not played since the game against Watford but he has been back in training this week. There is a possibility that he’ll be risked ahead of Jorginho for the final as it is a one-off game.

Up front, Willian is a major doubt, and it would be a surprise if Brazilian is named in the eleven. The front three of Mason Mount, Olivier Giroud and Christian Pulisic could be deployed by Lampard.

Chelsea’s Predicted XI To Face Arsenal:

Caballero, James, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Rudiger, Alonso, Kante, Kovacic, Mount, Giroud, Pulisic

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.