Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 March 2008

Result

Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 23 March 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal: match report

Chelsea won against Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 March 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

Bacary Sagna opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (72') and Didier Drogba (81'). Arsenal scored through Bacary Sagna (59').

Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 65 points from 30 and Arsenal 2nd on 69 points from 30. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 85.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 5 draws and 2 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Emmanuel EbouéArsenal
  • 32'Yellow card · Joe ColeChelsea
  • 34'Yellow card · Michael BallackChelsea
  • 59'Goal · Bacary SagnaArsenal · 0-1
  • 72'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 1-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Didier DrogbaChelsea
  • 81'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 3, draws 5, Arsenal 2.

Team news

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

Petr Čech, Alex, Juliano Haus Belletti, Ashley Cole, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Claude Makélélé, Joe Cole

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Robin van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor