Pundit predictions for Chelsea v Arsenal 2025- Merson, Sutton, Crouch

Here is a look at the Chelsea vs Arsenal predictions for Round 13 of the 2025/26 Premier League season from the big UK footy pundits. The Gunners currently lead the table, followed by the Blues (although they’ve been temporarily overtaken by Man City yesterday). Both teams had excellent performances in the Champions League in midweek- Chelsea beat Barcelona while Arsenal powered past Bayern.

chelsea vs arsenal 2025

Chris Sutton

Sutton was very impressed by Arsenal’s victory over Bayern, saying that they showed “they can beat any team any way”. Reckons that Arsenal will be too strong for the Blues and has gone for a 2-0 AFC win.

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Marca L’Equipe AS Player Ratings Chelsea 3-0 Barcelona 2025 Champions League- Araujo, Cucurella, Estevao

Here is a look at the Chelsea vs FC Barcelona November 2025 player ratings for their UCL game from the big Spanish and European newspapers. Chelsea kept Barca scoreless and beat them 3-0 at Stamford Bridge in this CL league phase fixture.

Enzo Maresca’s Blues are currently second in the Premier League and will face Arsenal this weekend.

Chelsea 3 (Kounde own goal, Estevao, Delap)
Barca 0 (Araujo red card)

L’Equipe player ratings Chelsea vs FC Barcelona 2025

The French newspaper gave Barca central defender Ronald Araujo a 2/10 player rating, with the FCB starting team getting a 3.6/10 rating. No Barca player managed more than 5 and they thought Estevao and Caicedo were the pick of the Chelsea FC players (both got a 8/10 rating)

Chelsea vs FC Barcelona 2025 L'Equipe Player Ratings

Diario AS player ratings Chelsea FC v Barca 3-0 UCL 2025

AS thought more than half of the Barca starting side didn’t deserve a player rating- keeper Joan Garcia and defender Balde were the only ones to emerge with an element of credit. As many of six of Chelsea’s starters plus Delap from the bench got 3 stars.

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Pundit predictions for Man United v Chelsea- Merson, Sutton, Cole

Manchester United will look to bounce back from their disappointing derby defeat at the hands of rivals Man City when they take on Chelsea in Game Week 5. The Red Devils weren’t involved in European action in midweek, while Chelsea lost 3-1 to Bayern in Munich. Here are the pundit predictions for this clash

Man United v Chelsea FC 2025

Chris Sutton

Sutton says it’s hard to make a case for United winning this one, and backs Chelsea to take this 2-1, especially in the light of Cole Palmer returning to form.

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