{"id":663243,"date":"2026-01-14T13:30:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=663243"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:50:09","slug":"chelsea-vs-arsenal-confirmed-lineups-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/01\/14\/chelsea-vs-arsenal-confirmed-lineups-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea vs Arsenal Confirmed Lineups for January 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are the Chelsea vs Arsenal confirmed lineups for their Carabao Cup semi-final first leg. This will provide a first big test for Liam Rosenior following his appointment as the successor to Enzo Maresca. A 5-1 win over Charlton provided a good start to life but the real question will come here as he takes on one of the most untouchable teams in Europe. Mikel Arteta&#8217;s Gunners have been one of Europe&#8217;s in-form teams as they stand atop the Premier League, remain in all cups, and remain undefeated in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/01\/14\/chelsea-team-news-predicted-lineup-arsenal-january\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Team News &amp; Predicted Lineup vs Arsenal for January 14<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea vs Arsenal Confirmed Lineups for Carabao Cup<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 300px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"c78749ece7fd074ea5dc1889e7c53f0f\" image-id=\"esme2MzIU9Ju\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 8100px; aspect-ratio: 8100\/5400;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<div class=\"sf-preview-content-holder\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"c78749ece7fd074ea5dc1889e7c53f0f\" image-id=\"esme2MzIU9Ju\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 8100px; aspect-ratio: 1.5 \/ 1; --canvas-wedge-error-size: 8100; --sf-original-width: 8100; --sf-original-height: 5400; --sf-is-portrait: 0; --sf-is-landscape: 1; background-image: url('blob:https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/7aebaaa9-98c1-4a57-80db-8483b533b4eb');\" preview-mode=\"\" tabindex=\"0\"><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea Team News<\/h3>\n<p>Rob Sanchez starts in goal with a back line of Josh Acheampong, Trevoh Chalobah, Wes Fofana, and Marc Cucurella, Enzo Fernandez partners Andrey Santos as Estevao, Joao Pedro, and Pedro Neto support Marc Guiu up front.<\/p>\n<h3>Notable Changes<\/h3>\n<p>A number of injuries leave the Blues short of options as there is no Cole Palmer, Liam Delap, Reece James, or Malo Gustoin the squad with Moises Caicedo injured. This provides a chance for Estevao and Pedro to start behing Guiu who scored at the weekend. The 4-2-3-1 setup remains with Acheampong getting a run at right-back recently due to injuries.<\/p>\n<h3>Arsenal Team News<\/h3>\n<p>Kepa Arrizabalaga starts in goal with a back line of Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, and Jurrien Timber. Declan Rice partners Martin Zubimendi and Martin Odegaard in midfield. Bukayo Saka, Trossard, and Viktor Gyokeres make up the front three.<\/p>\n<h3>Notable Changes<\/h3>\n<p>Myles Lewis-Skelly. Mikel Merino, Gabriel Jesus, Christian Norhaard, and Eberechi Eze are among the names who drop out from the win over Portsmouth in the FA Cup. It is a testiment to their depth that thye have so much strength to barely miss some of those who miss out.<\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea Squad<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Rob Sanchez<\/li>\n<li>Filip Jorgensen<\/li>\n<li>Gaga Slonina<\/li>\n<li>Marc Cucurella<\/li>\n<li>Tosin Adarabioyo<\/li>\n<li>Benoit Badiashile<\/li>\n<li>Levi Colwill<\/li>\n<li>Jorre Hato<\/li>\n<li>Trevoh Chalobah<\/li>\n<li>Reece James<\/li>\n<li>Malo Gusto<\/li>\n<li>Wes Fofana<\/li>\n<li>Josh Acheampong<\/li>\n<li>Enzo Fernandez<\/li>\n<li>Dario Essugo<\/li>\n<li>Andrey Santos<\/li>\n<li>Moises Caicedo<\/li>\n<li>Romeo Lavia<\/li>\n<li>Pedro Neto<\/li>\n<li>Liam Delap<\/li>\n<li>Cole Palmer<\/li>\n<li>Jamie Gittens<\/li>\n<li>Joao Pedro<\/li>\n<li>Tyrique George<\/li>\n<li>Marc Guiu<\/li>\n<li>Facundo Buonanotte<\/li>\n<li>Estevao<\/li>\n<li>Alejandro Garnacho<\/li>\n<li>Mykhailo Mudryk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Arsenal Squad<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span>David Raya<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Kepa Arrizabalaga<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Tommy Setford<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Alexei Rojas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>William Saliba<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Cristhian Mosquera<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Ben White<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Piero Hincapi\u00e9<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Jurri\u00ebn Timber<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Riccardo Calafiori<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Josh Nichols<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Myles Lewis-Skelly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Marli Salmon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Martin \u00d8degaard<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Eberechi Eze<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Christian N\u00f8rgaard<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Ethan Nwaneri<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Mikel Merino<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Mart\u00edn Zubimendi<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Declan Rice<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Max Dowman<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Bukayo Saka<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Gabriel Jesus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Gabriel Martinelli<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Viktor Gy\u00f6keres<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Leandro Trossard<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Noni Madueke<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Kai Havertz<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Charles Sagoe Junior<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Andre Annous<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay tuned for the Chelsea vs Arsenal confirmed lineups.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arena-liveblog\" data-publisher=\"lwos\" data-event=\"2ErAlkR\" data-version=\"2\"><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/go.arena.im\/public\/js\/arenalib.js?p=lwos&#038;e=2ErAlkR\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IMAGO \/ Pro Sports Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the Chelsea vs Arsenal confirmed lineups for their Carabao Cup semi-final first leg. This will provide a first big test for Liam Rosenior following his appointment as the successor to Enzo Maresca. A 5-1 win over Charlton provided a good start to life but the real question will come here as he takes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":653335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,8,11,1831],"tags":[1602],"class_list":["post-663243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-arsenal","category-chelsea","category-starting-line-up","tag-carabao-cup"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663243"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663300,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663243\/revisions\/663300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}