Arsenal will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Chelsea.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Arsenal and Chelsea.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Arsenal form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Arsenal are 3-4-2 (wins-draw-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Arsenal, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Arsenal drew their last game, 1-1 away at AFC Bournemouth (placed 16th). 0-0 away at Everton before that.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Manchester United are coming to town in three days.
A decent goal production from Arsenal in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Arsenal defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Chelsea form and stats
Chelsea have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 6-0-3 from 9 games.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Southampton with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Tottenham Hotspur with the score of 2-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Chelsea manager F. Lampard as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Brighton & Hove Albion.
Chelsea have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 22 goals from 9 away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Chelsea have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Arsenal - Chelsea 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 5 - 3 (Arsenal wins - draws - Chelsea wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Aubameyang 12 goals |   T. Abraham 11 goals |  A. Lacazette 5 goals |
Arsenal missing players
Chelsea missing players
| Arsenal | Chelsea | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 25 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 10 | 22 | 33 |
| 28 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 27 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 84% |
| 58% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 89% | 58% |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 37% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 44% | 21% |
| 68% | 78% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 58% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 21% | 11% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 7.1 | 9.1 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.1 | 6.2 |
| 6.2 | 6.2 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 226 | 120 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 141 | 316 |
| 83 | 45 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 55 | 111 |
| 30% | 31% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 40% | 30% |
- All of Chelsea's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arsenal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Arsenal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chelsea have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 32 | 52 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 24 | 42 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 29 | 38 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Sheffield United | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Everton | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -10 | 25 |
| 12 | Arsenal | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Burnley | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 24 |
| 14 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 15 | Southampton | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -14 | 22 |
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 17 | West Ham United | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 18 | Aston Villa | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -11 | 18 |
| 19 | Watford | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 16 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 13 |