THE BIG MATCH FACTS

• Arsenal against Chelsea will be the second all-English UEFA Cup/Europa League final in history, after Tottenham against Wolves in the UEFA Cup final in 1972.

• This is the 198th meeting in all competitions between the pair but only the third in Europe – they met in the 2003-04 Champions League quarter-final, with the Blues progressing 3-2 on aggregate.

• This will be Arsenal and Chelsea’s sixth major European finals – among English clubs only Man Utd (7) and Liverpool (14 – including the 2019 Champions League) have had more.

• Arsenal have lost four of their five major European finals, their only win coming in the 1994 Cup Winners’ Cup against Parma – they’ve lost each of their last three, losing in the 1995 Cup Winners’ Cup, 2000 UEFA Cup and 2006 Champions League finals.

• In all European competitions, Arsenal have faced rivals from 27 nations and beaten teams from 26, the exception being English sides.

• Chelsea have won four of their five Euro finals (2 Cup Winners’ Cups/1 Champions League/1 Europa League). Among English teams, only Man Utd (5) and Liverpool (8) have won more.

• This will be third time two teams from the same nation have faced off in the Europa League final, after Porto v Braga in 2011 and Atletico Madrid v Athletic Club in 2012.

• Arsenal boss Unai Emery has won the Europa League more often than any other manager – three times in 2014, 2015 and 2016 with Sevilla.

• Chelsea’s Maurizio Sarri is the first Italian to manage in a UEFA Cup/ Europa League final since Alberto Malesani in 1999, who won the trophy with Parma that year.