{"id":929,"date":"2026-04-06T09:43:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socialsport.online\/?p=929"},"modified":"2026-04-06T09:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:43:34","slug":"u18s-preview-chelsea-v-arsenal-pre-match-report-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/?p=929","title":{"rendered":"U18s preview: Chelsea v Arsenal | Pre-Match Report | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Our young Gunners return to action after the international break with a London derby clash against Chelsea in the Under-18s Premier League South on Tuesday, April 7.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The match will be played at Cobham Training Centre, with kick-off scheduled for 12pm (UK time).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Adam Birchall\u2019s side come into this fixture building momentum, unbeaten in their last two matches. Most recently, Arsenal played out an entertaining 2-2 draw with Fulham, rescued by a dramatic last-minute equaliser from debutant Luis Munoz.<\/p>\n<article data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"24ec0609-5920-415b-b6b6-e02fe001bae9\" data-embed-button=\"video_embed\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.full\" data-video-embed-up-next-tray=\"default\" data-langcode=\"en\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"()\" class=\"embedded-entity u-spacing-down--xxl\">\n<\/article>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>The Opposition<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Chelsea have enjoyed a strong campaign so far and currently sit second in the table with 46 points, boasting a record of 14 wins, four draws, and three defeats. They trail league leaders Tottenham by one point, but they do have a game in hand.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Blues arrive in good form, having won three of their last four matches, including a victory over Crystal Palace in their most recent outing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In cup competitions, Chelsea\u2019s FA Youth Cup run came to an end against Manchester City, while their Premier League Cup journey concluded at the group stage.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The two sides last met back in September, with honours even on the day. Callan Hamill found the net for us in a closely contested encounter.<\/p>\n<article data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"7bfc0729-3921-4674-97a1-b1ac4d9d13c3\" data-embed-button=\"video_embed\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.full\" data-video-embed-up-next-tray=\"default\" data-langcode=\"en\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"()\" class=\"embedded-entity u-spacing-down--xxl\">\n<\/article>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>How to follow<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kick-off is at 12pm (UK time). Live updates will be available on our <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/arsenalacademy\" data-entity-type=\"external\">academy&#8217;s official X account<\/a>with a full match report on The Arsenal app and <a href=\"https:\/\/arsenal.com\" data-entity-type=\"external\">Arsenal.com<\/a> shortly after the final whistle.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Post-match, supporters can catch interviews and highlights of all the key action from Sobha Realty Training Centre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our young Gunners return to action after the international break<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}