Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea: result and report

Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2020, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

Arsenal · Chelsea · Premier League predictions

Arsenal defeated Chelsea 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 December 2020. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Alexandre Lacazette opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Alexandre Lacazette (35', penalty), Granit Xhaka (44') and Bukayo Saka (56'). Chelsea scored through Tammy Abraham (85').

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

Going into the game Arsenal were 15th on 14 points from 14 and Chelsea 5th on 25 points from 14. Arsenal went on to finish that season 8th with 61 points, and Chelsea 4th with 67.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Pulisic of Chelsea (7.8), ahead of Callum Hudson-Odoi (7.5).

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 L-D-L-L-L and Chelsea's W-L-L-W-D.