LONDON: For Chelsea, it’s a chance for a double. Arsenal are just looking for some redemption.

The London teams will meet on Saturday in the FA Cup final, with Chelsea hoping to win their second league-cup double since 2010 and Arsenal wanting to make up for missing out on the Champions League with a season-ending trophy at Wembley Stadium.

“It has been a great season,” Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said. “To be a fantastic season we have to win the FA Cup.”

Chelsea, who will be making their seventh FA Cup final appearance since 2000, are favoured to win the trophy for the eighth time. But a win for Arsenal would set a record for the club and manager Arsene Wenger.

Arsenal have won the title 12 times, the same as Manchester United. Wenger has been at the helm for six of those triumphs and one more would see the Frenchman on his own with seven wins, surpassing the six won by Aston Villa manager George Ramsay between 1887 and 1920.

It could also be Wenger’s farewell. He is expected to announce soon whether he will stay on for next season.

Wenger has faced criticism after a season in which the team finished outside the top four of the Premier League for the first time in 20 years.

While the Frenchman continues to be targeted by the vociferous ‘Wenger Out’ brigade, Arsenal’s recent form means they approach the game with something of a spring in their step.

Their most recent Wembley outing will also stand them in good stead, with Arsenal having seen off Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City 2-1 in the semi-finals courtesy of an extra-time winner by Alexis Sanchez.

“I want to win the cup because I think the team has redressed very well the situation on the sporting side,” said Wenger, whose side won their last five league games. “It would be a good crowning of what we have done in the last two months.”

Everything looked rosy for Arsenal when they routed Chelsea 3-0 at the Emirates back in September, during a run of nine wins from 11 matches in all competitions.

Sanchez, Theo Walcott and Mesut Ozil scored first-half goals. The way Arsenal tormented Chelsea’s backline that day prompted Conte to make a season-defining tactical defensive switch, adjusting to three at the back in a move that proved to be the catalyst for its title challenge.

When the sides met again at Stamford Bridge in early February, Chelsea outplayed Arsenal to win 3-1, getting goals from Marcus Alonso, Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas before the visitors netted a late consolation.

Sizzling temperatures are expected on Saturday which could potentially help Arsenal’s creative players, although Wenger is faced with a shortage of defenders with Laurent Koscielny suspended and Gabriel ruled out injured.

The game will be John Terry’s last in Chelsea’s colours and although he is not expected to start, he could bow out by lifting his 17th trophy as captain and 18th in total.

Terry enjoyed an emotional farewell in his final home game last weekend, playing 26 minutes before being substituted in a contrived exit — 26 is his shirt number.

And the Chelsea skipper said that anything other than a win would tarnish their achievements.

“You work all season long to be where you want to be and lift that trophy so the lads are fully focused,” five-times Cup winner Terry told a news conference on Wednesday.

“I’ve been on the receiving end of losing Cup finals and it’s not a nice feeling on the last day of the season.”

Published in Dawn, May 27th, 2017