All-London Final in Azerbaijan

Chelsea registered 2 wins and 5 draws in their last 7 games in all tournaments before this final. Among them, there are the two draws in the Europa League semi-final stage (both 1-1) vs Eintracht Frankfurt. Extra time and penalty shootout were needed for the 'blues' to qualify. In the Premier League, they finished in the 3rd place and secured their ticket for the next season's Champions League, but they didn't manage to compete for the title vs Manchester City and Liverpool.

Loftus-Cheek is missing after his injury in the last preparation game of the 'blues' vs New England in the USA. French midfielder N.Kante is doubtful and the Italian coach M. Sarri gives a 50% possibility to have him in the first eleven. Central defender A. Rüdiger and Hudson-Odoi are definitely missing. O. Giroud and G. Higuaín are fighting for one place in the offensive line, the first one has more chances.

Arsenal's journey was impressive in the Europa League and they reached tonight's big final in style. In the semi-finals, they eliminated Valencia with two wins and a 7-2 aggregate score, earlier, they've won twice Napoli (3-0 on aggregate). However, they didn't manage to reach the top-four of the Premier League. They finished on the 5th place, having one point less than 4th-placed Tottenham, so they missed the chance to get a ticket for the next season's Champions League group stage. Still they get it tonight, if they win the Europa League trophy.

Unai Emery with his team are on Baku from the last Saturday to give them an opportunity to get used to the city and work more efficiently. Key midfielder A. Ramsey is missing and that's a big problem for Emery, in contrast to Ozil who is 100% fit. Armenian H. Mkhitaryan wasn't allowed to travel to Baku due to political reasons, while defenders Bellerín, R. Holding, midfielder Denis Suárez as well as attacker D. Welbeck also won't be available tonight.

Chelsea have some key players missing tonight and I think that Arsenal have more chances to win the trophy than the offered odds (2.41 - 3.35) indicate. On the other hand, the Gunners' Manager Unai Emery registered only wins in his performances in the final game of this tournament (2014, 2015 and 2016 with Sevilla). I will choose the 'Gunners' tonight, I believe that they can win the trophy after 90 or 120 minutes. Double chance X2 is my call.