Arsenal and Chelsea fans eagerly anticipate Premier League contest at Emirates Stadium

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Emirates Stadium (60272 seats)

With the tense opening fixture done it’s time for the second Premier League duel of the season. Arsenal look forward to welcoming Chelsea in front of their home fans.

This looks to be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's go!

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

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Arsenal form and stats

Last season, Arsenal's league results were 18 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses, producing 8th place in the Premier League. From these 38 matches they scored 55 goals and let in 39. Performing at home in the previous season Arsenal generated 8-4-7 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 21 conceded.

Arsenal lost their last game at Brentford (placed 5th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Emile Smith Rowe (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Rowe hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 48 successful passes (of 49 total).

Before that, Arsenal had a home game versus Brighton & Hove Albion which ended with a victory 2-0.

The manager M. Arteta Amatriain will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to West Bromwich Albion in only three days.

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Chelsea form and stats

Let's have a look at how Chelsea performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 10 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 58 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 27/18 goals scored/conceded.

Impressive finishing from Trevoh Chalobah, Christian Pulišić and Marcos Alonso secured the home win 3-0 against Crystal Palace in their previous game. Marcos Alonso got a match rating of 8.85 in that game, top player of the team. Alonso scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 38 successful passes (of 43 total).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Villarreal (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) in the Uefa Super Cup.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the former ten meetings): Arsenal won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Chelsea managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

ChelseaM. Alonso Mendoza
M. Alonso Mendoza
1 goals
ChelseaC. Pulisic
C. Pulisic
1 goals
ChelseaT. Chalobah
T. Chalobah
1 goals

Arsenal missing players

Chelsea missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arsenal Chelsea
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
22 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
Arsenal Last season Chelsea
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
18 8   Won W   10 19
7 4   Drew D   4 10
13 7   Lost L   5 9
55 24   Scored S   27 58
39 21   Conceded C   18 36
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 84%
68% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 68%
53% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 45%
24% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 26%
5% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 13%
45% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 42%
32% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 47%
32% 42%   Failed to Score F T   21% 26%
 
5.4 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 5.9
4.4 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.2
1.3 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.3
5 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12.1 12.8   Shots (avg) S (   14.7 14.5
4 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.4
36% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Everton 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Brentford 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Watford 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Newcastle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 West Ham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Burnley 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Arsenal 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Leeds United 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 27 5 6 83 32 19 13 2 4 43 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 51 86
2 Manchester United 38 21 11 6 73 44 19 9 4 6 38 28 19 12 7 0 35 16 29 74
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 19 10 3 6 29 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 26 69
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 19 9 6 4 31 18 19 10 4 5 27 18 22 67
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 19 9 1 9 34 30 19 11 5 3 34 20 18 66
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 19 10 4 5 32 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 15 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 19 10 3 6 35 20 19 8 5 6 33 25 23 62
8 Arsenal 38 18 7 13 55 39 19 8 4 7 24 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 16 61
9 Leeds United 38 18 5 15 62 54 19 8 5 6 28 21 19 10 0 9 34 33 8 59
10 Everton 38 17 8 13 47 48 19 6 4 9 24 28 19 11 4 4 23 20 -1 59
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 19 7 4 8 29 27 19 9 3 7 26 19 9 55
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 19 6 4 9 20 29 -16 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 12 9 17 36 52 19 7 4 8 21 25 19 5 5 9 15 27 -16 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 19 6 5 8 20 32 19 6 3 10 21 34 -25 44
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 19 8 3 8 28 25 19 4 4 11 19 43 -21 43
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 14 15 40 46 19 4 9 6 22 22 19 5 5 9 18 24 -6 41
17 Burnley 38 10 9 19 33 55 19 4 6 9 14 27 19 6 3 10 19 28 -22 39
18 Fulham 38 5 13 20 27 53 19 2 4 13 9 28 19 3 9 7 18 25 -26 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 38 5 11 22 35 76 19 3 6 10 15 39 19 2 5 12 20 37 -41 26
20 Sheffield United 38 7 2 29 20 63 19 5 1 13 12 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -43 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Everton 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Brentford 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Watford 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Newcastle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 West Ham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Burnley 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Arsenal 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Leeds United 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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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.