Arsenal host Chelsea at 4:30pm WAT on Sunday. Rather than starting with possession totals, watch the structure each team leaves behind when attacking. Rest defence is the organisation that protects a side from the counter while it has the ball.
Four cues are useful: the distance between centre-backs, whether a midfielder protects the central lane, how quickly the far-side full-back narrows, and whether the first challenge after a turnover delays the counter. One failure can matter more than a long spell of harmless possession.
This is a tactical reading guide, not an outcome prediction. Official lineups can change how each cue appears, so the safest judgment begins once the teams are confirmed.
