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Chelsea and Arsenal Sky Sports Power Rankings combined XI

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Ahead of Chelsea v Arsenal, live on Sky Sports on Saturday, we've created a combined XI from the Sky Sports Power Rankings...

We've managed to fit the top-ranked Chelsea and Arsenal players this season into an improvised 3-4-3 formation - but how many Arsenal players made the cut?

Check out the graphic below to find out...

DEFENCE

Chelsea-Arsenal combined XI
Image: Only three Gunners made the Power Rankings combined Chelsea-Arsenal XI

Thibaut Courtois has overtaken Arsenal's Petr Cech as the Premier League's No 1 goalkeeper in the rankings since November.

The Blues stopper has now kept 13 clean sheets and conceded a league-low 16 goals from 23 games - compared to Cech's seven clean sheets and 25 goals leaked.

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Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny is the top-ranked central defender and claims his place in the centre of a back three.

Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta and Gary Cahill flank the Frenchman, with Cahill narrowly edging out team-mate David Luiz.

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MIDFIELD

Wing-backs Marcos Alonso and Victor Moses have been instrumental in Chelsea's success this term since the Blues changed to a 3-4-3 formation against Hull in October and both make our combined XI.

Crouch tops Power Rankings
Crouch tops Power Rankings

Stoke's Peter Crouch tops the Sky Sports Power Rankings

Chelsea's N'Golo Kante claims his place in defensive midfield with Arsenal's Mesut Ozil edging out Blues' midfielder Nemanja Matic on points ahead of team balance.

ATTACK

In what would surely be the Premier League's most formidable strikeforce, Diego Costa leads the attack with Eden Hazard and Alexis Sanchez occupying interchangeable wide positions.

The Power Rankings methodology reflects a player's performance by awarding points to players for 32 different matchday stats.

Below, we present the latest accumulative season rankings.The Sky Sports Power Rankings will be updated every week during the season, so be sure to keep an eye on the big movers...

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