{"id":1581,"date":"2026-02-26T09:12:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:12:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:12:47","slug":"jimmy-floyd-hasselbaink-makes-grim-arsenal-prediction-for-chelsea-clash-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=1581","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink makes grim Arsenal prediction for Chelsea clash | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hasselbaink backing his old side to leave with at least a point (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former Chelsea star Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is backing his old club to dent Arsenal\u2019s Premier League title hopes this weekend.<\/p>\n

A dominant north London derby victory over Tottenham saw the Gunners open a five-point lead at the top once again last Sunday with 10 games left to play.<\/p>\n

Manchester City do have a game in hand, however, with the two sides also set to meet in the Carabao Cup final in March.<\/p>\n

Arsenal also head to the Etihad for what could be a season-defining match in April but there could be plenty more twists and turns before that date.<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta\u2019s side have one of their toughest games of the run-in looming this weekend against Chelsea, who they dumped out of the Carabao Cup across two legs.<\/p>\n

The Blues did hold Arsenal to a draw in the first Premier League meeting between the two at Stamford Bridge back in August, also holding City to a draw at the Etihad in January.<\/p>\n

Arsenal have lost at home just once this season to Manchester United with City and Liverpool leaving with a point.<\/p>\n

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Arsenal looking to take another step towards title glory (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While Chelsea laboured to a draw at home to Burnley, last week, their former striker Hasselbaink is confident they will leave north London with at least a point.<\/p>\n

The next game for Arsenal against Chelsea is the one, I don\u2019t see them winning against Chelsea,\u2019 Hasselbaink told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Chelsea are a strange kind of team, they will go out to a big team and get a result, get a draw or get a win. They can do that. That\u2019s just how they are. We have seen it.<\/p>\n

\u2018I think that game for Arsenal will be so much harder than the Spurs game. Then maybe they [Arsenal and City] are both on the same points. Then we see who is up for it.\u2019<\/p>\n

Arsenal threw away a two-goal led against Wolves last week, leaving Molineux with a point three days before their derby showdown with Tottenham.<\/p>\n

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Chelsea out to land a blow to Arsenal\u2019s title hopes (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While Spurs are now being sucked into a relegation scrap, Hasselbaink did not give them any chance of landing a blow on their rivals.<\/p>\n

And while sensing there could be a slip-up this weekend, he is still backing Arsenal to get over the line.<\/p>\n

\u2018I do think they are the favourites and I do think they are going to win it, they have the strongest squad,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

But I always saw them winning at Spurs. even with the pressure. I never thought Spurs would even get a draw, especially after the Wolves game because when Arsenal have a point to prove, the majority of the time they deliver.\u2019<\/p>\n

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