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Arsenal — Chelsea: 2:1, Premier League

Premier League
Arsenal W31 Aug · Away Aston Villa · 1:0W6 Sep · Home Chelsea · 2:1W9 Sep · Away Napoli · 1:0W12 Sep · Away Sunderland · 2:0W15 Sep · Away Ipswich · 4:2L19 Sep · Away Brighton · 0:3
2:1
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Chelsea W27 Aug · Home Luton · 2:0W30 Aug · Home Brighton · 4:3L6 Sep · Away Arsenal · 1:2W9 Sep · Home Leeds · 6:3D12 Sep · Home Hull City · 2:2L18 Sep · Away Brentford · 0:3
Venue: Emirates Stadium City: London

In the Premier League game on 6 September 2026, Arsenal beat Chelsea 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 9:5, corners 5:3.

Match report

Arsal 2-1 Chelsea: Ædegaard's Goal Decides London Derby

Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 on Saturday at the Emirates Stadium in a Premier League Regular Season match. The hosts went ahead through Kai Havertz in the twenty-fifth minute after a disallowed Riccardo Calafiori goal had been cancelled by VAR thirteen minutes earlier. Martin Ødegaard added the winner fifty minutes in, and the result confirmed a prediction I had made before kickoff—home victory at 59% confidence.

The scoreline tells only part of the story. Arsenal registered nine shots on target against five, but the difference in expected goals—2.11 to 0.35—suggests the visitors did not create much at all. Big chances created tells the same tale: four for the hosts, none for Chelsea. The away side won more aerial duels and completed more long passes, but they camped in the final third less often and could not turn those numbers into chances.

Morgan Rogers opened the scoring for Chelsea in the second minute, but Havertz and Ødegaard turned the game around before half-time and early in the second. Five substitutions came in the second half, with both managers turning to their bench to change the game. Arsenal brought on Ødegaard and Havertz late, while Chelsea introduced Pedro Neto and Morgan Rogers himself.

Arsenal moved up to second place with nine points from three games, while Chelsea dropped to fourth with six points after two wins and one defeat. The hosts kept their unbeaten run going and extended it against a side that had beaten Brighton 4-3 on their last outing.

Three or four moments decided this game, and the rest was backdrop. Ødegaard's goal in the fiftieth minute changed the shape of things, and Oxford's substitution at seventy-seven minutes tightened things up. I called for this outcome before the match because Arsenal's recent form—three straight wins, including a 3-0 victory over Manchester City—suggested they would take the points. Chelsea's results were mixed, with a heavy win over Brighton balanced by a draw against Fulham, and the market had overreacted to their favourite status.

Prepared from match data

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Key numbers

Possession, % 55.00 – 45
Shots on target 9 – 5
Shots off target 1 – 6
Expected goals 2.11 – 0.35

Match events

  1. 2' 0:1 Chelsea Goal Morgan Rogers assist: Jorrel Hato
  2. 13' 0:1 Arsenal var_goal_cancelled Riccardo Calafiori
  3. 14' 0:1 Chelsea Yellow card João Pedro
  4. 25' 1:1 Arsenal Goal Kai Havertz assist: Declan Rice
  5. 45' 1:1 Chelsea Yellow card Cole Palmer
  6. 50' 2:1 Arsenal Goal Martin Odegaard assist: Christos Tzolis
  7. 58' 2:1 Arsenal Yellow card Christos Tzolis
  8. 58' 2:1 Chelsea Yellow card Maxence Lacroix
  9. 60' 2:1 Chelsea Substitution Jorrel Hato off: Pep Chavarria
  10. 60' 2:1 Chelsea Substitution Romeo Lavia off: Malo Gusto
  11. 67' 2:1 Arsenal Substitution Riccardo Calafiori off: Piero Hincapié
  12. 67' 2:1 Arsenal Substitution Myles Lewis-Skelly off: Martín Zubimendi
  13. 77' 2:1 Arsenal Substitution Martin Odegaard off: Mikel Merino
  14. 78' 2:1 Arsenal Substitution Kai Havertz off: Viktor Gyökeres
  15. 81' 2:1 Chelsea Substitution Pedro Neto off: Estêvão Willian Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalves
  16. 83' 2:1 Chelsea Yellow card Morgan Rogers
  17. 87' 2:1 Chelsea Substitution Morgan Rogers off: Danny Welbeck
  18. 90' 2:1 Arsenal Substitution Bukayo Saka off: Noni Madueke
  19. 90+5' 2:1 Arsenal Yellow card Mikel Merino

Statistics

55.00 Possession, % 45
9 Shots on target 5
1 Shots off target 6
2.11 Expected goals 0.35
4 Big chances 0
5 Corners 3
13 Fouls 16
16 Free kicks 13
3 Offsides 0
2 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 0
10 Goal kicks 8
11 Throw-ins 12
All statistics
13/2945% Aerial duels 16/2955%
65 Backward passes 66
6 Blocked shots 2
24 Clearances 23
4/1625% Crosses 1/147%
3/650% Dribbles 3/743%
2.05 Expected assists 0.30
72 Failed passes 70
4 Goalkeeper saves 8
9 Interceptions 8
14 Key passes 10
19/4840% Long passes 22/5342%
164 Passes into the final third 90
340 Passes in the opposition half 264
133 Passes in own half 129
0.56 Shot accuracy 0.38
3 Shots from outside the box 8
13 Shots inside the box 5
5/1050% Tackles 6/1155%
457 Total passes 379

Line-ups

Arsenal

Starting XI
# Player number
1 David Raya 1
4 Benjamin William White 4
6 Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães 6
15 Ezri Konsa Ngoyo 15
33 Riccardo Calafiori 33
7 Bukayo Saka 7
8 Martin Ødegaard 8
17 Christos Tzolis 17
41 Declan Rice 41
49 Myles Anthony Lewis-Skelly 49
29 Kai Lukas Havertz 29
Substitutes
# Player number
13 Kepa Arrizabalaga Revuelta 13
5 Piero Martín Hincapié Reyna 5
10 Eberechi Eze 10
23 Mikel Merino 23
36 Martín Zubimendi 36
39 Bruno Guimarães 39
56 M. Daumen 56
14 Viktor Einar Gyökeres 14
20 Chukwunonso Tristan Madueke 20
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Chelsea

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Emiliano Martínez 1
3 W. Fofana 3
5 Maxence Lacroix 5
34 Joshua Kofi Acheampong 34
7 Pedro Lomba Neto 7
10 Cole Jermaine Palmer 10
17 Morgan Rogers 17
21 J. Hato 21
24 Reece Lewis James 24
45 R. Lavia 45
9 João Pedro Junqueira de Jesus 9
Substitutes
# Player number
39 Mike Penders 39
6 Levi Lemar Samuels Colwill 6
27 Malo Gusto 27
29 Josep Chavarría 29
4 Valentín Barco 4
23 G. Kwenda 23
11 Jamie Jermaine Bynoe-Gittens 11
18 Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck 18
41 Estevan 41
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Match prediction: Arsenal — Chelsea

Win: Arsenal

Confidence 59%

Reasoning

  • Арсенал — 2. place, 6 points after 2 games (2 wins, 0 losses)
  • Челси — 4. place, 6 points after 2 games (2 wins, 0 losses)
  • Арсенал, last 5 games: 3 wins, 1 draws, 1 losses
  • Челси, last 5 games: 4 wins, 1 draws, 0 losses
  • Head-to-head: 10 games, Арсенал — 7, 3 draws, Челси — 0
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