Chelsea 3-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2017
Result
Chelsea 3-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2017, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 3-1 Arsenal: match report
Chelsea won against Arsenal 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 February 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Marcos Alonso opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Marcos Alonso (13'), Eden Hazard (53') and Cesc Fàbregas (85'). Arsenal scored through Olivier Giroud (90+1').
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 56 points from 23 and Arsenal 3rd on 47 points from 23. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Arsenal 5th with 75.
Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-3 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Eden Hazard of Chelsea (8.8), ahead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 1 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-W-W-L-W and Arsenal's L-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Marcos Alonso
- 23'Yellow card · Nurgzay Khayrulin
- 53'Goal · Eden Hazard
- 70'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
- 85'Goal · Cesc Fàbregas
- 90+1'Goal · Olivier Giroud
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (3-4-3)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N'Golo Kanté, Nemanja Matić, Marcos Alonso, Pedro, Diego Costa, Eden Hazard
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Francis Coquelin, Theo Walcott, Mesut Özil, Alex Iwobi, Alexis Sánchez