Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 16 March 2025

Result

Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 16 March 2025, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea: match report

Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 16 March 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Mikel Merino of Arsenal in the 20th minute.

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 55 points from 28 and Chelsea 4th on 49 points from 28. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and Chelsea 4th with 69.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mikel Merino of Arsenal (7.7), ahead of Martin Ødegaard (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 1 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Mikel MerinoArsenal · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Levi ColwillChelsea
  • 52'Yellow card · Pedro NetoChelsea
  • 54'Yellow card · GabrielArsenal
  • 58'Yellow card · Thomas ParteyArsenal
  • 59'Yellow card · Wesley FofanaChelsea
  • 65'Yellow card · Martin ØdegaardArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 6, draws 3, Chelsea 1.

Team news

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Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Jurriën Timber, William Saliba, Gabriel, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Ødegaard, Thomas Partey, Declan Rice, Gabriel Martinelli, Mikel Merino, Leandro Trossard

Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robert Sánchez, Wesley Fofana, Levi Colwill, Benoît Badiashile, Marc Cucurella, Reece James, M. Caicedo, Jadon Sancho, Enzo Fernández, Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto