LONDON — Something has to give when Arsenal host Chelsea in the Premier League this weekend, with both teams putting their 100 per cent records on the line, while Tottenham are desperate to stop the rot.

Defending champions Arsenal and Xabi Alonso’s Chelsea are among four sides to have won their first two league games this season, along with Manchester City and newly-promoted Hull.

Spurs are bottom of the table as they prepare to face Nottingham Forest while new Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola is still seeking his first win.

AFP Sport looks at three talking points ahead of the action:

Arsenal have started their Premier League title defence as they finished last season — looking impenetrable.

Last week’s 1-0 win at Aston Villa, following their opening 3-0 victory over Coventry, was a sixth clean sheet in seven league matches.

Another bonus for manager Mikel Arteta is the form of England winger Bukayo Saka, who has scored twice already following an injury-disrupted 2025/26 campaign.

Chelsea have launched the Xabi Alonso era with three wins in all competitions, looking dangerous in attack but vulnerable at the back.

The club’s new attacking trio of Joao Pedro, Cole Palmer and Morgan Rogers have scored five of the team’s seven league goals in victories against Fulham and Brighton.

But former Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid boss Alonso will be keen to tighten up his team’s defence, which has conceded five goals in those games.

Recent history is against Chelsea, who are winless in nine Premier League games against Arsenal ahead of Sunday’s clash at the Emirates.