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Arsenal vs Chelsea
1 Mar 2026, 16:30 · Premier League · 2025/2026
Referee
Darren EnglandPremier League 2025/2026 · 23 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
ArsenalMin
Chelsea- ⚽
William Saliba 1-0
Goal · Header
With: Gabriel Magalhães
Header
21′ - 45+2′⚽
Piero Hincapié 1-1
Own Goal · Header
With: Reece James
Header
- ⇄
Gabriel Martinelli
Substitution
Off: Leandro Trossard
56′ - 59′
Cole Palmer
Yellowcard
Foul
- 65′
Jorrel Hato
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Jurriën Timber 2-1
Goal · Header
With: Declan Rice
Header
66′ - 67′
Pedro Neto
Yellowcard
Argument
- 70′
Pedro Neto
Yellow/Red card
Foul
- 75′⇄
Malo Gusto
Substitution
Off: Jorrel Hato
- 75′⇄
Roméo Lavia
Substitution
Off: Andrey Santos
Gabriel Magalhães
Yellowcard
Foul
75′- ⇄
Kai Havertz
Substitution
Off: Viktor Gyökeres
76′ - ⇄
Christian Nørgaard
Substitution
Off: Declan Rice
76′ - 79′
Enzo Fernández
Yellowcard
Argument
- 86′⇄
Liam Delap
Substitution
Off: Enzo Fernández
- 86′⇄
Alejandro Garnacho
Substitution
Off: Cole Palmer
- 90′⇄
Tosin Adarabioyo
Substitution
Off: Mamadou Sarr
- 90+6′VAR
Chelsea
VAR · Goal Disallowed
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 7.09 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.77 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7.28 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 7.64 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.39 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 6.82 | |
| 76 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 7.46 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 6.99 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.89 | |
| 56 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.24 | |
| 76 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.09 | |
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| 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.59 | |
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| 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.34 | |
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| 14 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.62 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Arsenal
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Chelsea
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Match stats
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The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Arsenal’s ground: 20 previous meetings, 10 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Arsenal’s home games with Chelsea’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Arsenal
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Chelsea
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Arsenal
Chelsea
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Arsenal
Chelsea
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Arsenal
Chelsea
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.