In the first of the week’s all-England finals, will Arsenal or Chelsea leave Baku as Europa League victors, at 8pm on BT Sport 2?

The final arguably means a smidge more to the Gunners than it does to their south west London rivals. While Chelsea are already in next season’s Champions League after finishing in 3rd place, this is the only route left open to Arsenal if they want to reach the continent’s top competition for the first time since 2016/17.

Not to downplay the importance of the Europa League itself. Though he might not have returned Arsenal to the top 4 in his inaugural season at the Emirates, he has lead them to a European final, something Arsene Wenger only managed twice in his 22-year tenure. A win on Wednesday would not only secure the club’s first non-domestic title since the 1993/94 European Cup Winners’ Cup, but a record-breaking 4th Europa League victory of Emery himself, who already has a trio of trophies under his belt at Sevilla.

While a win at the Olympic Stadium wouldn’t, perhaps, be quite as momentous for Chelsea, it would be the first senior title for Maurizio Sarri. The Italian has enjoyed a tumultuous first season at Stamford Bridge – despite a 3rd place finish, an EFL Cup runners-up medal and the Europa League final – with his job status still up in the air ahead of Wednesday’s fixture.

Already in 2018/19 the clubs have met 3 times. In the pre-season a 1-1 International Champions Cup draw was settled in Arsenal’s favour on penalties. Then, in the 2nd game of the Premier League the Blues picked up a narrow 3-2 victory at Stamford Bridge, before the Gunners got revenge at the Emirates in January as they won 2-0.

Ending the Premier League season as joint top scorer on 22 goals – he has 31 goals in all competitions – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang heads into the final at a Super Mega PGM of 32-38, ahead of teammate Alexandre Lacazette on 20-24. As for Chelsea, Eden Hazard – who might be playing his final game for the club – is at 32-38, with the Europa League’s leading scorer Olivier Giroud at 28-33.

Though neither side had a particularly great run-in to the domestic season, the Blues have just about been in better form, leading to a Chelsea/Arsenal Goal Supremacy spread of 0.2-0.4, alongside a Total Goals spread of 2.65-2.85 and a Bookings spread of 52-56.