Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the season-ending FA Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea. The Premier League's youngest two managers face off in pursuit of their first silverware, with European qualification an additional bonus should Mikel Arteta and Arsenal emerge successful this afternoon. In these strange times, this showpiece event feels a great deal different, but the match still promises to be a cracker!
- P. Aubameyang(28' PEN, 67')
- C. Pulisic(5')
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Clarification on Willian absence.
HEAD TO HEAD: This is the third time Arsenal and Chelsea have faced each other in the FA Cup final, with the Gunners winning the previous two showcases (in 2002 and 2017) - no fixture has been played more in the final (excluding replays). Chelsea have won just one of their last 13 FA Cup games against Arsenal (D4 L8), beating them 2-1 in the 2009 semi-final, courtesy of goals from Florent Malouda and a late Didier Drogba winner.
Something to fall back on for Arsenal fans this afternoon...
A special guest has travelled with today's Chelsea squad...
OZIL NOT IN SQUAD, KANTE ON BENCH: Mesut Ozil is not in the country - the club are aware of his whereabouts - so is not in the Arsenal squad. It is a three-man defence for the Gunners, as it was against Man City in the semi-final. For Chelsea, N'Golo Kante is only fit enough for a place on the bench, while again Kepa Arrizabalaga is dropped by Frank Lampard, with Willy Caballero in goal for the Blues. There is no WIllian in the matchday squad.
TEAM NEWS - ARSENAL: Martinez, Holding, David Luiz, Tierney, Bellerin, Xhaka, Ceballos, Maitland-Niles, Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang... Subs: Macey, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Torreira, Smith, Willock, Nelson, Saka, Nketiah. /// CHELSEA: Caballero, James, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Rudiger, Alonso, Jorginho, Kovacic, Mount, Giroud, Pulisic... Subs: Kepa, Christensen, Tomori, Emerson, Kante, Barkley, Hudson-Odoi, Pedro, Abraham.
The teams are in...