{"id":446756,"date":"2026-02-26T13:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/446756\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:59:11","slug":"paul-scholes-and-roy-keane-disagree-over-arsenal-vs-chelsea-prediction-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/446756\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Scholes and Roy Keane disagree over Arsenal vs Chelsea prediction | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\tArsenal face Chelsea in the Premier League this weekend (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> legends Paul Scholes<\/a> and Roy Keane<\/a> are in disagreement over the outcome of the huge London derby between Arsenal<\/a> and Chelsea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Premier League<\/a> leaders Arsenal welcome Club World Cup<\/a> holders Chelsea to the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The Gunners, bidding to become Premier League champions for the first time since 2004, dropped points against Brentford and Leeds United earlier in the month before getting their title charge back on track in a one-sided north London derby against Tottenham<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arsenal boast a five-point lead over title rivals Manchester City with 11 games remaining but Pep Guardiola\u2019s side have a game in hand and a home match against the Gunners to potentially reclaim top spot.<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta\u2019s team could only draw with Chelsea earlier in the season<\/a> and will be keen to avoid more dropped points<\/a> as they look to secure their first league title in 22 years.<\/p>\n

Arsenal will be buoyed by their recent Carabao Cup tie with Chelsea, which they won 4-2 on aggregate to progress to the final against title rivals Man City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chelsea, meanwhile, enjoyed a strong start under new manager Liam Rosenior but could only draw with Leeds and Burnley in their last two league games.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tArsenal are going for the Premier League title (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n

Rosenior is aiming to secure a top-four spot after being hired as Enzo Maresca\u2019s replacement last month<\/a> but Chelsea are currently three points behind fourth-placed Manchester United.<\/p>\n

Despite Chelsea\u2019s recent wobble, Scholes expects the Blues to get at least a point against Arsenal as he did not see much between the teams in their Carabao Cup clash.<\/p>\n

\u2018I fancy Chelsea.\u00a0I think\u00a0it could be\u00a00-0.\u00a0I think it will be a draw or a Chelsea win,\u2019 Scholes said on The Overlap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tLiam Rosenior arrived at Chelsea last month (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n

\u2018Arsenal only won the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final because Chelsea needed to get a goal late on and it opened up.\u2019<\/p>\n

Scholes\u2019 former Manchester United teammate Keane has less faith in Chelsea, however, and says they will \u2018do something daft again\u2019, pointing towards their dismal disciplinary record.<\/p>\n

Chelsea have had more red cards than any other Premier League team this season, with Wesley Fofana the latest to be dismissed during the disappointing draw with Burnley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018They will do something silly and get a man sent off again,\u2019 ex-United captain Keane said. \u2018Chelsea will do something\u00a0daft\u00a0you watch.\u2019<\/p>\n

Ian Wright, perhaps unsurprisingly given his status as an Arsenal legend, also backed the Gunners to get one over their London rivals.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m\u00a0going to go 3-1,\u2019 Wright said before confidentially adding: \u2018We\u2019re\u00a0going to murder them.\u2019<\/p>\n

Arsenal\u2019s lead in the title race could be just two points by the time they face Chelsea as Manchester City take on Leeds the previous day.<\/p>\n

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