Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 6 May 2007

Result

Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 6 May 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea: match report

Arsenal drew with Chelsea 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 6 May 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.

Gilberto Silva opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Arsenal's goal came from Gilberto Silva (43', penalty). Chelsea scored through Michael Essien (70').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 66 points from 36 and Chelsea 2nd on 80 points from 35. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 3 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-D-W-W-D and Chelsea's D-D-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · John Mikel ObiChelsea
  • 43'Penalty goal · Gilberto SilvaArsenal · 1-0
  • 43'Red card · Khalid BoulahrouzChelsea
  • 49'Yellow card · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal
  • 70'Goal · Michael EssienChelsea · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Michael EssienChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 4, Chelsea 3.

Team news

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Denílson, Gilberto Silva, Júlio Baptista, Emmanuel Adebayor

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, John Terry, William Gallas, Paulo Ferreira, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Arjen Robben, Claude Makélélé, Damien Duff