Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 October 2003
Result
Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 18 October 2003, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea: match report
Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 October 2003. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Edu Gaspar opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Edu Gaspar (5') and Thierry Henry (75'). Chelsea scored through Hernán Jorge Crespo (8').
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 20 points from 8 and Chelsea 2nd on 20 points from 8. Arsenal went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 79.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 0 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-D-D-W and Chelsea's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Edu Gaspar
- 8'Goal · Hernán Jorge Crespo
- 11'Yellow card · Claude Makélélé
- 75'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 83'Yellow card · Jerrel Hasselbaink