Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 29 December 2019
Result
Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 29 December 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea: match report
Arsenal were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 29 December 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (13'). Chelsea scored through Jorginho (83') and Tammy Abraham (87').
Discipline: Arsenal received 5 yellow cards; Chelsea received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 12th on 24 points from 19 and Chelsea 4th on 32 points from 19. Arsenal went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Chelsea 4th with 66.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian of Chelsea (8.4), ahead of Jorginho (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 5 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-D-L-W-L and Chelsea's L-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Mattéo Guendouzi
- 13'Goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 30'Yellow card · N'Golo Kanté
- 30'Yellow card · Mason Mount
- 34'Yellow card · Antonio Rüdiger
- 47'Yellow card · David Luiz
- 55'Yellow card · Jorginho
- 73'Yellow card · Lucas Torreira
- 77'Yellow card · Alexandre Lacazette
- 83'Goal · Jorginho
- 87'Goal · Tammy Abraham
- 90+1'Yellow card · A. Maitland-Niles
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bernd Leno, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Calum Chambers, David Luiz, Bukayo Saka, Lucas Torreira, Mattéo Guendouzi, Reiss Nelson, Mesut Özil, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette
Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, Antonio Rüdiger, Kurt Zouma, Fikayo Tomori, César Azpilicueta, N'Golo Kanté, Mateo Kovacic, Emerson, Mason Mount, Willian, Tammy Abraham