Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 3 October 2010
Result
Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 3 October 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal: match report
Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 October 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (39') and Alex (85'). Arsenal did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 15 points from 6 and Arsenal 4th on 11 points from 6. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 71 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.
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 6 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 2 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Arsenal's L-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 39'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 80'Yellow card · Paulo Ferreira
- 84'Yellow card · Laurent Koscielny
- 85'Goal · Alex
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Alex, Michael Essien, Ramires, John Mikel Obi, Florent Malouda, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka
Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)
Lukasz Fabianski, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Sébastien Squillaci, Gaël Clichy, Abou Diaby, Samir Nasri, Alex Song, J. Wilshere, Andrey Arshavin, Marouane Chamakh