Chelsea 4-1 Arsenal: result and report
Europa League · Wednesday 29 May 2019
Result
Chelsea 4-1 Arsenal
Europa League · Wednesday 29 May 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Chelsea 4-1 Arsenal: match report
Chelsea beat Arsenal 4-1 in the Europa League on Wednesday 29 May 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.
Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Olivier Giroud (49'), Pedro (60'), Eden Hazard (65', penalty) and Eden Hazard (72'). Arsenal scored through Alex Iwobi (69').
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 36 points from 14 and Arsenal 3rd on 34 points from 14. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Eden Hazard of Chelsea (9.5), ahead of Olivier Giroud (8.7).
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-D-W-W-W and Arsenal's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 49'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 56'Yellow card · Pedro
- 60'Goal · Pedro
- 65'Penalty goal · Eden Hazard
- 68'Yellow card · Andreas Christensen
- 69'Goal · Alex Iwobi
- 72'Goal · Eden Hazard
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, David Luiz, Emerson, N'Golo Kanté, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Pedro, Olivier Giroud, Eden Hazard
Arsenal line-up (3-4-1-2)
Petr Čech, Sokratis, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Lucas Torreira, Granit Xhaka, Sead Kolasinac, Mesut Özil, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang