Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 7 February 2010
Result
Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 7 February 2010, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal: match report
Chelsea defeated Arsenal 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 February 2010. The half-time score was 2-0.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (8') and Didier Drogba (23'). Arsenal did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 55 points from 24 and Arsenal 3rd on 49 points from 24. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 75.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 2 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Arsenal's L-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 23'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 83'Yellow card · A. Song
- 84'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
- 87'Yellow card · Yury Zhirkov
- 88'Yellow card · Joe Cole
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
John Terry, Ashley Cole, Alex, Juliano Haus Belletti, John Mikel Obi, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba, Petr Čech, Joe Cole
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Almunia, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Alex Song, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen