Match Report
3 points and 2 places separated them: Arsenal 2nd with 9, Chelsea 4th with 6. Against a league average of 1.42 goals per team per game, Arsenal ran at 2 scored and 0.33 conceded, Chelsea at 2.67 and 2.33.
Momentum sat with Arsenal, winners of their last three, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Chelsea entered with four wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
40 meetings are on record — 18 won by Arsenal, 12 by Chelsea, 10 drawn, at 2.8 goals per meeting.
Emirates Stadium, capacity 60,704, hosted the game. With 100 matches recorded and 2.1 yellow cards per game, C. Kavanagh was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Arsenal: Kai Havertz (25'), Martin Ødegaard (50') · Chelsea: Morgan Rogers (2')
Key stats
Possession: Arsenal 55% · Chelsea 45% · Total shots: 16-13 · On target: 9-5 · Corners: 5-3