Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 October 2023

Result

Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 21 October 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal: match report

Chelsea drew with Arsenal 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 October 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Cole Palmer opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Cole Palmer (15', penalty) and Mykhaylo Mudryk (48'). Arsenal scored through Declan Rice (77') and Leandro Trossard (84').

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

Going into the game Chelsea were 11th on 11 points from 8 and Arsenal 4th on 20 points from 8. Chelsea went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 89.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bukayo Saka of Arsenal (7.7), ahead of Declan Rice (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 6 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Cole PalmerChelsea
  • 11'Yellow card · Oleksandr ZinchenkoArsenal
  • 15'Penalty goal · Cole PalmerChelsea · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Thiago SilvaChelsea
  • 48'Goal · Mykhaylo MudrykChelsea · 2-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Marc CucurellaChelsea
  • 77'Goal · Declan RiceArsenal · 2-1
  • 84'Goal · Leandro TrossardArsenal · 2-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Eddie NketiahArsenal
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ben WhiteArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 3, draws 1, Arsenal 6.

Team news

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Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robert Sánchez, Malo Gusto, Thiago Silva, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, M. Caicedo, Enzo Fernández, Raheem Sterling, Conor Gallagher, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Cole Palmer

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Martin Ødegaard, Jorginho, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli