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Europa League final: Chelsea v Arsenal

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Baku's Olympic Stadium is four years old and has hosted Champions League group games as well as World Cup and European Championship qualifiers Venue:  Olympic Stadium, Baku  Date:  29 May 2019  Kick-off: 20:00 BST Head-to-head 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 Arsenal and Chelsea but only the third in European competition - they met in the 2003-04 Champions League quarter-final, with the Blues progressing 3-2 on aggregate. Arsenal vs Chelsea will be the first fixture to played in the FA Cup final, League Cup final and a major European final. This will be both Arsenal and Chelsea's sixth major European finals - only Man Utd (7) and Liverpool (14 - including 2019 Champions League) have reached more among English clubs. This final will be third time two teams from the same nation have faced