Arsenal FC — Chelsea 2:1, 6 September: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 3 Sunday 6 September · 15:30 UTC

Arsenal FC 2th · 9 pts LWWWW

2 : 1 1st half 1:1

Chelsea 4th · 7 pts LDLWW

Emirates Stadium · referee C. Kavanagh

Match predictionSafe

Chelsea will not reach three goals

90% · Chelsea games average 4.8 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Chelsea will not reach three goals”, and the match finished 2:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Arsenal FC 53% draw 23% Chelsea 24%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Arsenal FC win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Arsenal FC win — they got it right.

fans 78 votes

Arsenal FC 61% draw 13% Chelsea 26%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

M. Rogers assist: J. Hato 0-1 2'

Joao Pedro 14'

K. Havertz assist: D. Rice 1-1 25'

C. Palmer 45'

M. Odegaard assist: C. Tzolis 2-1 50'

C. Tzolis 58'

M. Lacroix 58'

P. Chavarria for J. Hato 60'

M. Gusto for R. Lavia 60'

P. Hincapie for R. Calafiori 66'

M. Zubimendi for M. Lewis-Skelly 67'

M. Merino for M. Odegaard 77'

V. Gyokeres for K. Havertz 78'

Estevao for P. Neto 81'

M. Rogers 83'

D. Welbeck for M. Rogers 87'

M. Merino 90+5'

N. Madueke for B. Saka 90'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Arsenal FC 4-2-3-1 · Mikel Arteta 3-4-2-1 · Xabi Alonso Chelsea

David Raya  
Ben White  15 Ezri Konsa  6 Gabriel Magalhães  33 Riccardo Calafiori  
Declan Rice  49 Myles Lewis-Skelly  
Bukayo Saka  8 Martin Ødegaard  17 Christos Tzolis  
Kai Havertz  

João Pedro  
Cole Palmer  17 Morgan Rogers  
Pedro Neto  45 Roméo Lavia  24 Reece James  21 Jorrel Hato  
Josh Acheampong  5 Maxence Lacroix  3 Wesley Fofana  
Emiliano Martínez  

Arsenal FC bench

39Bruno Guimarães
10Eberechi Eze
13Kepa Arrizabalaga
36Martín Zubimendi
56Max Dowman
23Mikel Merino
20Noni Madueke
5Piero Hincapié
14Viktor Gyökeres

Chelsea bench

18Danny Welbeck
41Estêvão
23Geovany Quenda
11Jamie Gittens
6Levi Colwill
27Malo Gusto
39Mike Penders
29Pep Chavarría
4Valentín Barco

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

55%Possession45%

16Shots13

9Shots on target5

1Shots off target6

6Blocked shots2

13Shots inside box5

3Shots outside box8

97Attacks96

67Dangerous attacks45

5Corners3

3Offsides0

13Fouls16

2Yellow cards4

4Saves8

457Passes379

385Accurate passes309

18Free kicks16

11Throw-ins12

10Goal kicks8

0Penalties0

Arsenal FC

ChelseaThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Arsenal FC and Chelsea met on matchday 3 of the Premier League on 6 September at Emirates Stadium. Final score — 2:1.

Arsenal FC sit 2th on 9 points after 5 matches (4 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss), 3 matches without conceding. Chelsea sit 4th on 7 points after 5 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses), winless in 3 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings Arsenal FC won 1, Chelsea won 0, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 3:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Arsenal FC last five Chelsea

LWWWW form LDLWW

5 Matches 5

4 — 0 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 1 — 2

8 — 4 Scored — conceded 10 — 12

2.4 Points per game 1.4

1.6 Goals scored per game 2

3 Clean sheets 0

1 Failed to score 1

winless in 1 Current streak winless in 3

Arsenal FC at home: 2 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 5—1, 3 points per match.

Chelsea away: 3 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 4—7, 1 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Arsenal FC win 1 draw 0 Chelsea wins goals 3:2 Arsenal FC — Chelsea

01/03/2026	Arsenal FC — Chelsea	2:1	Premier League
30/11/2025	Chelsea — Arsenal FC	1:1	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Manchester City	5	5	0	0	13—5	15
2	Arsenal FC	5	4	0	1	8—4	12
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	3	1	1	16—5	10
…
9	Newcastle United	5	2	2	1	9—9	8
10	Chelsea	5	2	1	2	10—12	7
11	Ipswich Town	5	2	0	3	7—11	6

Full Premier League table