Chelsea vs Arsenal match preview: Even contest expected at Stamford Bridge

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 06.November
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

A important match in Premier League as both sides are struggling for the top positions. With Chelsea in 6th position and Arsenal at 1st, this promises to be an exciting fight. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Chelsea have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Arsenal have the most points (13) away in Premier League

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Chelsea form and stats

3-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Chelsea so far this season.

Chelsea's previous fixture was a Champions League game also played at home, finishing 2-1 versus Dinamo Zagreb. The home side hope to to continue in that form. Until that defeat this team had gone six consecutive league fixtures without losing. Chilwell, defender, was given a rating of 8.13/10 in that game, top of the team. Chilwell hit six key passes and won 3 of 4 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League.

Chelsea are traveling soon after this match as the Carabao Cup match at Manchester City awaits in three days.

At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea has the goal stats of 10-5 (for/against) from 5 league fixtures.

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Arsenal form and stats

Arsenal have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.

The followers enjoyed Arsenal's previous match versus Zurich, a Europa League win (1-0) played at home. Defender Tierney was the best team player with a rating of 8.21. Tierney scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 5 of 7 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Nottingham Forest in the Premier League.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this club's 11 latest league matches have ended with three goals or more.

A new game in only three days for Arsenal, the Carabao Cup home match versus Brighton & Hove Albion. Busy days.

Arsenal has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. Arsenal are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Chelsea-Arsenal H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Chelsea four wins, Arsenal five wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ArsenalG. Martinelli
G. Martinelli
5 goals
ArsenalG. Jesus
G. Jesus
5 goals
ArsenalM. Ødegaard
M. Ødegaard
4 goals

Chelsea missing players

Arsenal missing players

Chelsea Arsenal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 5 2 Played P 1 6 12
6 3 0 Won W 0 4 10
3 2 2 Drew D 0 1 1
3 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
17 10 3 Scored S 1 11 30
15 5 3 Conceded C 3 4 11
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 92%
67% 80% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 75%
17% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 17% 42%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
58% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 58%
33% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 42%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.7 6.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4 5.6
5.3 5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.3 3.5
2.2 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 11.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 16 12.2 16
4.2 3.6 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.2 6
33% 56% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 44% 42%
 
11.5 11.2 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.5 8.2
4.8 4.4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.5 3.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Chelsea's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Arsenal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arsenal have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Arsenal have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal have the most clean sheets (4) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal have the most points (13) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Arsenal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Chelsea have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chelsea have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 12 10 1 1 30 11 6 6 0 0 19 7 6 4 1 1 11 4 19 31
2 Manchester City 12 9 2 1 37 11 6 6 0 0 27 6 6 3 2 1 10 5 26 29
3 Tottenham Hotspur 13 8 2 3 26 16 6 5 0 1 16 6 7 3 2 2 10 10 10 26
4 Newcastle United 13 6 6 1 24 10 7 4 3 0 16 5 6 2 3 1 8 5 14 24
5 Manchester United 12 7 2 3 17 16 6 4 1 1 9 4 6 3 1 2 8 12 1 23
6 Chelsea 12 6 3 3 17 15 5 3 2 0 10 5 7 3 1 3 7 10 2 21
7 Fulham 13 5 4 4 22 22 7 3 3 1 13 11 6 2 1 3 9 11 0 19
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 12 5 3 4 19 15 6 3 2 1 10 4 6 2 1 3 9 11 4 18
9 Liverpool 12 4 4 4 23 15 7 4 2 1 18 7 5 0 2 3 5 8 8 16
10 Crystal Palace 12 4 4 4 13 16 7 4 1 2 10 8 5 0 3 2 3 8 -3 16
11 Brentford 13 3 6 4 19 22 7 3 3 1 13 7 6 0 3 3 6 15 -3 15
12 Everton 13 3 5 5 11 12 6 2 2 2 6 4 7 1 3 3 5 8 -1 14
13 West Ham United 13 4 2 7 11 13 6 3 1 2 8 6 7 1 1 5 3 7 -2 14
14 AFC Bournemouth 13 3 4 6 12 28 7 2 2 3 6 8 6 1 2 3 6 20 -16 13
15 Leeds United 12 3 3 6 15 19 6 2 2 2 8 6 6 1 1 4 7 13 -4 12
16 Aston Villa 13 3 3 7 11 20 6 3 1 2 8 5 7 0 2 5 3 15 -9 12
17 Southampton 13 3 3 7 11 20 6 1 3 2 7 8 7 2 0 5 4 12 -9 12
18 Leicester City 13 3 2 8 21 25 7 2 2 3 9 6 6 1 0 5 12 19 -4 11
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 2 4 7 6 19 6 2 2 2 3 8 7 0 2 5 3 11 -13 10
20 Nottingham Forest 13 2 3 8 8 28 6 2 1 3 7 9 7 0 2 5 1 19 -20 9

Read more about Premier League

The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.