Arsenal za karbar Chelsea a Emirates Stadium ranar Lahadi, Satumba 6, 2026, a wasan da ake sa ran zai zama derby mai ƙarfi na farko a London a Premier League — inda ƙungiyoyin biyu ke shiga ranar wasa ta uku na kakar 2026/27 ba tare da wani asara ba.

Arsenal: Tsohon juyin juya halin da ba a ci gaba ba

Arsenal na shiga wannan wasan a matsayin masu rike da kambun Premier League, bayan da suka samu cikakkun maki daga wasanninsu na farko guda biyu ba tare da karɓar kwallon ƙafa ɗaya ba.

Ƙungiyar Mikel Arteta ta fara yakin da nasara mai girma 3-0 a kan Coventry City da aka inganta, inda Kai Havertz ya bude zira kafin Bukayo Saka da Martin Odegaard suka kara. Nasara mai wahala 1-0 a filin Aston Villa ta biyo baya, Saka kuma ya kasance mai yanke hukunci a sashi na biyu.

Arsenal na daya daga cikin kungiyoyi biyu kawai da ba a ci wa ƙwallon ba har yanzu — Hull City da aka inganta shi ne ɗayan — kafin wasan Lahadi.

Chelsea: wasan mai ƙwallon bakwai ya sanar da zamanin Alonso

Chelsea sun daidaita fara Arsenal cikin kyau karkashin jagorancin Xabi Alonso, tsohon koci na Bayer Leverkusen da Real Madrid wanda yanzu yake Stamford Bridge.

Blues sun bude da nasara 3-2 kan Fulham — Joao Pedro, Cole Palmer, da sayo da aka yi tarihi Morgan Rogers dukkansu suka zira — kafin nasara 2-0 a Carabao Cup kan Luton Town na League One. Sa'an nan suka yi wasan mai ban sha'awa na ƙwallaye bakwai da Brighton and Hove Albion a wasansu na biyu na Premier League.

Wannan ya sa Alonso ya zama kocin na huɗu kawai da ya taba kula da ƙwallaye bakwai ko fiye a cikin wasanninsa na farko biyu na Premier League, yana shiga tare da Sir Bobby Robson, Michael Laudrup, da Marcelo Bielsa.

Tarihin kai da kai: nasarar Arsenal a kwanan nan

Ƙungiyoyin biyu sun hadu sau 212 a duk gasa. Arsenal sun yi nasara sau 87, Chelsea sau 64, kuma wasanni 61 sun ƙare daidai. Tarihin kwanan nan ya fi son Arsenal — Chelsea bai yi nasara a cikin wasanninsu na ƙarshe goma sha ɗaya da abokan hamayyarsu ba.

Karawar ƙarshe ta ƙare 2-1 ga Arsenal: William Saliba ya bude zira, kuma ƙwallon da Piero Hincapie ya ci wa kansa ya daidaita, sannan Jurrien Timber ya zura ƙwallon nasara a sashi na biyu. Kafin wannan, Arsenal ya kawar da Chelsea a gida da waje a zagaye na ƙarshe na Carabao Cup, ya ci 3-2 a Stamford Bridge da 1-0 a Emirates.

'Yan wasa da za a kallo

Saka ya zo da kyakkyawar sifa, bayan da ya zura ƙwallo a wasanninsa biyu na Premier League a wannan yanayi. Ɗan wasan da yake ɗan shekara 24 yana da tarihin ƙwallaye biyu da taimakon guda huɗu da ya yi a kan Chelsea, kuma zai yi ƙoƙari ya tabbatar da wurinsa a tawagar farko ta Arteta.

Riccardo Calafiori ya kasance mai tasiri daidai da haka, yana ba da tallafi guda uku a duk gasar a wannan lokacin — ciki har da Community Shield — tare da bayar da ƙarfin tsaro wanda ya taimaka Arsenal su kiyaye ƙofar da ba a bude ba a wasanni biyu a jere.

A Chelsea, Joao Pedro ya zo da ƙwallaye biyu da tallafi biyu, kuma yana da tarihin zura ƙwallo a kan Arsenal a baya. Palmer, a nasa bangaren, ya lashe kyautar ɗan wasa mafi kyau a fafatawarsa ta farko kuma ya riga ya ba da gudunmawar ƙwallaye biyu da taimako guda ɗaya a bayyanarsa biyu.

Labarun ƙungiyoyi da tsarin da ake sa ran

Arteta yana fuskantar matsalar tsaro kafin derby. An sanya Jurrien Timber da William Saliba a waje saboda raunuka. An sa ran Ezri Konsa, wanda ya shiga a matsayin maye gurbi a Villa Park bayan Cristhian Mosquera ya yi rauni, zai shiga kai tsaye cikin ƙungiyar farko. Havertz yana jagorantar farmaki tare da Christian Tzolis, Odegaard, da Saka a bayansa — ko da yake an maye gurbin Tzolis a tsakiyar wasa na ƙarshe.

Alonso, a nashi bangaren, dole ne ya sarrafa dogon jerin 'yan wasa masu rauni. Jordan Henderson, Marco Palestra, da Moises Caicedo duk ba sa nan, ba tare da an sanya wani maye gurbi kai tsaye don Enzo Fernandez da aka sayar wa Manchester City a ranar ƙarshe ta kasuwa ba. An sa ran Reece James, wanda aka huta da shi makon da ya gabata, zai dawo cikin ƙungiyar farko. An sa ran Palmer, Rogers, da Pedro su kiyaye wurarensa a farmaki.

Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Raya; White, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Lewis-Skelly; Saka, Odegaard, Tzolis; Havertz

Chelsea (3-4-2-1): Martinez; Fofana, Lacroix, Colwill; Neto, James, Lavia, Hato; Palmer, Rogers; Pedro