Piero Hincapié, Moises Caicedo, Noni Madueke, & Co. – Chelsea vs Arsenal Transfermarkt fan chosen XI revealed
Five Chelsea players make it
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This weekend first-place meets second-place in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge in what is looking like a mouth-watering match-up. Not only that, but the encounter comes just after Chelsea have beaten Spanish giants Barcelona 3-0 in the Champions League, whilst their upcoming opponents Arsenal dismantled Bayern Munich 3-1 at the Emirates. The Blues are currently six points behind the league leaders, but a win on Sunday would put Enzo Maresca’s team firmly in the title race and send a strong message to Mikel Arteta’s team.
Many debates have raged on social media in recent weeks between Arsenal and Chelsea fans over which of their players are better in a number of positions. To put it to the test, we asked our Transfermarkt followers to vote on a poll of who is better between each player expected to start for both Chelsea and Arsenal this weekend. Let’s take a look at the results. We have also included each player’s current market values in the brackets after their names in the text.
Fan chosen Chelsea & Arsenal combined XI
In between the sticks, when we asked our users to choose between Robert Sánchez (€20m), and David Raya (€40m), it was a resounding win for the latter, winning 80% of the vote. At left-back Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella (€45m), usurped Arsenal’s Riccardo Calafiori (€40m), with the Spaniard winning 69% of the vote. The first centre-back duel pitted the Blues’ Trevoh Chalobah (€32m) against the Gunners’ Piero Hincapié (€50m), with the Ecuadorian edging the win with 57% of the vote. The other centre-back duel saw the most one sided result of the entire XI, as Arsenal’s William Saliba (€80m) took 89% of the vote against Chelsea’s Wesley Fofana (€25m).
There has been plenty of dispute of late over who is the best right-back in the Premier League between Chelsea’s Reece James (€35m) and Arsenal’s Jurriën Timber (€60m) and that was reflected in the results of the voting. The Englishman just about edged it, taking 52% of the vote. In holding midfield it was a resounding win for the Blues’ Moisés Caicedo (€100m) who took 76% of the vote against Arsenal’s Martín Zubimendi (€70m). In the ‘no.8 role’ Arsenal’s Declan Rice (€120m) took 72% of the vote against Chelsea’s Enzo Fernández (€80m).
As the attacking midfielder we pitted Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze (€65m) against Chelsea’s João Pedro (€65m), with the Englishman coming out on top winning 74% of the vote. On the left-wing, former Chelsea player Noni Madueke (€50m) beat the Blues’ new signing Alejandro Garnacho (€45m), with the Englishman winning 54% of the vote. On the right-wing was the tightest encounter in the entire XI, as Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka (€140m) just about edged Chelsea’s Estêvão (€60m) with 51% of the voting. Up front we decided to go with two unorthodox strikers with Chelsea’s Pedro Neto (€55m) beating Arsenal’s Mikel Merino (€35m) with 61% of the vote.
