Nevertheless, they will be confident heading into the clash with Guus Hiddink's men given that they are on a five - game
unbeaten run in all competitions, while Chelsea have yet to lose under the Dutchman since he replaced Jose Mourinho in mid-December.
Nevertheless, he still has plenty of strength in depth and cover to fill the voids, and so he'll be confident of putting out a strong line - up against the Eagles as the visitors will look to extend a three - game
unbeaten run in all competitions.
Other games count too as Arsenal have now built a six games
unbeaten run in all competitions after they last lost a PL match away to Man City.
Of course I'm not saying it's all doom and gloom because of this one result, because I think we have performed extremely well since that opening day defeat, resulting in a long
unbeaten run in all competitions.
Albion had previously strung together a seven - match
unbeaten run in all competitions, which included an impressive 2 - 1 victory over Arsenal at the Amex, and also wins against Swansea City and West Ham United.
United are the only side in England still competing on all four fronts - with the highest active
unbeaten run in all competitions.
The Gunners will be looking to extend their four - game
unbeaten run in all competitions when they take on the Baggies and avoid slipping further behind their rivals at the top of the Premier League table.
• Juve's defeat by Madrid also ended a 25 - match
unbeaten run in all competitions (W21 D4), since the 3 - 2 reverse at UC Sampdoria on 19 November.
The only drawback for Barca as they extended
their unbeaten run in all competitions to 24 games since they were beaten by Real on their last visit to the Santiago Bernabeu in the Spanish Super Cup back in August, was a muscle injury to Paco Alcacer that will keep the forward out for three weeks.
The winger's brace extended his side's
unbeaten run in the competition and with qualification to the knock - out stages already done and dusted, Manuel Pellegrini's side can take heart from this well - earned draw at La Rosaleda tonight.
Goals from Gabriel Agbonlahor and Ashley Young, two of the more poignant figures in the Villa set - up who may sit out their team's Fourth Round tie with Rovers, sealed a 2 - 1 victory over Wigan Athletic during the week as Gerard Houllier's men extended
their unbeaten run in all competitions to four matches.
Toni Rudiger's first Premier League goal was sufficient to overcome a stubborn Swansea side and extended
our unbeaten run in the competition to six games...
Their 1 - 1 draw with Newcastle last weekend, a game they probably ought to have won considering they had a numerical advantage for much of the season half, stretched
their unbeaten run in all competitions to four, and guess who popped up with Bolton's only goal of the game, again... Chelsea's on loan striker Daniel Sturridge, who has now scored in all four league appearances for the Trotters, a run he will be champing at the bit to try and extend this weekend.
Murray's double and goals from Anthony Knockaert and Jurgen Locadia helped secure a 4 - 1 victory and a valuable three points for the hosts, as the Swans» 10 - game
unbeaten run in all competitions came to an end.
Arsenal have started the season brilliantly, and are currently on a 15 - match
unbeaten run in all competitions.
The win over Forest was the start of a seven game
unbeaten run in all competitions and United weren't to lose again until the end of October.
A 2 - 1 victory which ended the Europa League semifinalists» seven - game
unbeaten run in all competitions took the Magpies to 41 points and, more importantly, 13 clear of the relegation zone.
Sunday's draw against Tottenham Hotspur extended the Gunners»
unbeaten run in the competition to six games, and kept them level on points with league leaders Manchester City.
Enough to dampen spirits so that their three - match
unbeaten run in all competitions comes crashing to an end at Bloomfield Road against the poorest outfit in the Premier League during 2011?
Toni Rudiger's first Premier League goal was sufficient to overcome a stubborn Swansea side and extended
our unbeaten run in the competition to six games, five of which have been wins.
Not exact matches
Tottenham are on an
unbeaten run of 7 home league matches while Arsenal have enjoyed 5 wins from their last 5 games
in all
competitions.
The visitors arrive full of confidence as they look to stretch their
unbeaten run to 17 games
in all
competitions, but Arsene Wenger comes up against old foe Jose Mourinho against whom he has struggled
in the Premier League.
However, Spurs have already beaten the Eagles twice this season and are
unbeaten in eight games
in all
competitions, having won seven times during their fine
run.
The Gunners are on an impressive
run of form as they're
unbeaten in their last seven games
in all
competitions, winning six and holding Chelsea to a draw at Stamford Bridge last month.
But our first obstacle is to get past Monaco, who were considered one of the easiest draws
in the
competition at the time, but, like Arsenal, they have improved rapidly recently, and are currently on an
unbeaten run of 14 games
in row
in which they have only conceded ONE goal
in regulation time (
in a 1 - 1 draw away at Ligue 1 leaders Lyon
in the middle of December).
As mentioned, Mourinho's men come into the contest on the back of Thursday's crucial 1 - 0 win over Celta Vigo, a result which takes the Reds a step closer to the Europa League final, while extending our
unbeaten run to 12 games
in all
competitions.
40 — @ManUtd are
unbeaten in their last 40 home games
in all
competitions — they've never had a longer
run on their own ground before.
16 — Liverpool are
unbeaten in 16 matches against Everton
in all
competitions — their longest
unbeaten run against them
in their entire history.
Arsenal is a joke if you look at the stats hardly anyone has had a regular game this season, and the 7
unbeaten run of games HUH come on apart from Chelsea who lost to City at home and Crystal Palace which were beaten last 7 games
in a trot managed to beat Chelsea and they drew with Roma at home for god sake, any way what i'm trying to say is we relay didn't have any real
competition this season apart from Liverpool and look what happened there
firstly we are not talking about lads cheating week
in week out because these incidents result
in a team maybe losin 3 pts, or even the
unbeaten run, but to cost a team 2 years of qualifying and end players careers
in terms of world cup
competition there can be no comparison, c» mon now if your gonna chip
in with your two cents at least think about wot your sayin, this has nothing to do with english bias or rooney and gerrard cheating
in the PL every sat afternoon... and you cant say the irish are being bad losers as we lost harshly on sat and still kept the faith and did nt gripe....
The Candystripes went into the match on an impressive
run of seven straight wins
in all
competitions, while
unbeaten Dundalk had only conceded one goal
in their first 11 top - flight outings of the campaign.
Salzburg have taken control of the tie thanks to a 2 - 1 victory at Borussia Dortmund, who must end the Austrian side's long
unbeaten run to stay
in the
competition.
Liverpool are on a ten match
unbeaten run at Anfield heading into the game, including four Europa League wins (W7 D3) which has seen them book their place
in Basel for the final of the
competition.
Andres Iniesta was stretchered off as Barcelona ended PSG's 33 - game
unbeaten run in European
competitions with a 3 - 1 win.
Barcelona made it three wins from as many matches
in Group D and extended their
unbeaten run at home
in the
competition to 23 straight games.
Slavia Prague's Necid ended Maccabi Tel - Aviv's nine match
unbeaten run in European
competition with a 1 - 0 win.
Something needed to change if they were to get anything out of a clash with their local rivals, who were on an
unbeaten run of 15
in all
competitions, scoring 18 goals
in their last six fixtures.
Liverpool are currently on their longest ever
unbeaten run in 16 games (wins 8 draws 8) against Everton
in all
competitions.
Mohamed Salah's double helped Liverpool extend their
unbeaten run to 15 games
in all
competitions with victory against Leicester at Anfield.
After the game, Dempster was quick to praise his defenders who had helped Stags to a six - game
unbeaten league
run, with just one defeat from nine
in all
competitions.
After fortuitously drawing with Swansea on Tuesday, Chelsea stretched their
unbeaten run to six matches
in all
competitions − four
in the league and two
in the FA Cup.
• Leipzig are on a
run of six matches
unbeaten in all
competitions (W3 D3), the wins including a 2 - 1 defeat of runaway Bundesliga leaders Bayern München on 18 March.
-- Arsenal are
unbeaten in seven
in all
competitions, winning six, and are on a
run of four consecutive Premier League victories.
Barcelona increased its
unbeaten run to 22 matches
in all
competitions this season, and 24 home matches
in the Champions League, a streak that started
in 2013.
Rams boss Nigel Clough has witnessed his side go their last six
unbeaten in all
competitions, a
run which did include five consecutive victories before a creditable 0 - 0 draw away to Burnley last weekend.
Yet new boss Sam Allardyce's side dug deep to stay
in the game so that when the chance arose to beat Mignolet, it was a meaningful goal - one that extends their
unbeaten run to four games
in all
competitions.
Milan extended their
unbeaten run to 10 matches across all
competitions thanks to Sunday's 1 - 0 victory at home to Sampdoria
in Serie A.
Salah got his second moments later, capitalising on Erik Pieters» mistake to slot under Grant, his 17th goals
in all
competitions this season and extending Liverpool's
unbeaten run to seven.
United banked a 2 - 1 home win over Boro back
in December and overall, but Manchester United are currently on the longest
unbeaten run in the Premier League (17 games), while opponents Middlesbrough are on the longest current winless
run in the
competition (10 games).
Rutherford's 8.32 m leap at the Golden Gala from 2012 was his second best effort of his Olympic title - winning year, and the 29 - year - old will be looking to continue his
unbeaten run stretching back to July
in his first
competition on the continent this year.