Premier League WON 2–1
Sun, Sep 6 · 17:30 · Emirates Stadium
Arsenal FC Home
VS
Chelsea FC Away
Arsenal vs Chelsea — Premier League
Tipster's pick Over 1.5 Goals
Confidence High
Odds 1.20 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Arsenal Chelsea Likely to Trade Early Goals

Arsenal average two goals scored per match while keeping a clean sheet in every recent outing, which points to controlled attacking play at home. Chelsea have netted three times on average in their games and shown a perfect record for over two and a half goals in their current run. Past meetings between the sides produced more than two and a half goals in half of the last ten fixtures, suggesting openness when they meet. Chelsea’s away scoring rate of three per game adds further attacking threat that could stretch the contest. Arsenal’s home goal tally of three per match in recent form supports the chance of multiple strikes before the interval. Injuries to key defenders on both teams may reduce defensive structure and allow more space in transition. The combined attacking output from both squads creates conditions where at least two goals appear probable.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.2% win rate
Result
2–1 WON

Our pick “Over 1.5 Goals” at odds 1.20 won — final score 2–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Morgan Rogers assist Jorrel Hato 2'
  3. João Pedro 14'
  4. Kai Havertz assist Declan Rice 25'
  5. Cole Palmer 45'
  6. Second half
  7. Martin Odegaard assist Christos Tzolis 50'
  8. Christos Tzolis 58'
  9. Maxence Lacroix 58'
  10. Pep Chavarria ↓ Jorrel Hato 60'
  11. Malo Gusto ↓ Romeo Lavia 60'
  12. Piero Hincapié ↓ Riccardo Calafiori 67'
  13. Martín Zubimendi ↓ Myles Lewis-Skelly 67'
  14. Mikel Merino ↓ Martin Odegaard 77'
  15. Viktor Gyökeres ↓ Kai Havertz 78'
  16. Estêvão Willian Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalves ↓ Pedro Neto 81'
  17. Morgan Rogers 83'
  18. Danny Welbeck ↓ Morgan Rogers 87'
  19. Noni Madueke ↓ Bukayo Saka 90'
  20. Mikel Merino 90+5'
This season
Arsenal Chelsea
Over 2.5 goals — —
Clean sheet 100% 0%
Failed to score 0% 0%
Scored per game 2.0 3.5
Conceded per game 0.0 2.5
Scored home / away 3.0 / 1.0 4.0 / 3.0

Across 2 and 2 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
2 HUL Hull City 3 2 1 0 7
3 ARS Arsenal ▲ 2 2 0 0 6
4 CHE Chelsea ▲ 2 2 0 0 6
5 BRE Brentford 3 1 2 0 5
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Arsenal LDWWW
L vs Borussia Dortmund 2–3 Aug 9
D vs Como 1–1 Aug 12
W vs Manchester City 3–0 Aug 16
W vs Coventry 3–0 Aug 21
W @ Aston Villa 1–0 Aug 31
Chelsea DWWWW
D @ Johor Darul Takzim FC 3–3 Aug 9
W vs Real Sociedad 3–1 Aug 15
W @ Fulham 3–2 Aug 24
W vs Luton 2–0 Aug 27
W vs Brighton 4–3 Aug 30
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Arsenal
Scored 2.0 avg
2 1 3 3 1
Conceded 0.8 avg
3 1 0 0 0
Chelsea
Scored 3.0 avg
3 3 3 2 4
Conceded 1.8 avg
3 1 2 0 3
Head-to-head · last meetings
7 Arsenal FC
3 Draws
0 Chelsea FC
Mar 2026 Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea Arsenal
Feb 2026 Arsenal 1–0 Chelsea Arsenal
Jan 2026 Chelsea 2–3 Arsenal Arsenal
Nov 2025 Chelsea 1–1 Arsenal Draw
Mar 2025 Arsenal 1–0 Chelsea Arsenal

Over 2.5 goals in 5 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Arsenal 4-2-3-1
  • 1 David Raya G
  • 4 B. White D
  • 15 E. Konsa D
  • 6 Gabriel Magalhães D
  • 33 R. Calafiori D
  • 41 D. Rice M
  • 49 M. Lewis-Skelly M
  • 7 B. Saka M
  • 8 M. Ødegaard M
  • 17 C. Tzolis M
  • 29 K. Havertz F
Bench Kepa, P. Hincapié, E. Eze, Mikel Merino, Martín Zubimendi, Bruno Guimarães, M. Dowman, V. Gyökeres, N. Madueke

Mikel Arteta

Chelsea 3-4-2-1
  • 1 E. Martínez G
  • 3 W. Fofana D
  • 34 Joshua Kofi Acheampong D
  • 5 M. Lacroix D
  • 7 Pedro Neto M
  • 24 R. James M
  • 45 R. Lavia M
  • 21 J. Hato M
  • 10 C. Palmer M
  • 17 M. Rogers M
  • 9 João Pedro F
Bench Estêvão, D. Welbeck, V. Barco, Geovany Tcherno Quenda, Pep Chavarría, J. Bynoe-Gittens, M. Gusto, L. Colwill, M. Penders

Xabi Alonso

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Arsenal FC
  • OUT W. Saliba Back Injury
  • DOUBT Bruno Guimaraes Knock
  • DOUBT C. Mosquera Injury
  • DOUBT J. Timber Ankle Injury
  • OUT W. Saliba Back Injury
  • DOUBT Bruno Guimaraes Knock
  • DOUBT C. Mosquera Injury
  • DOUBT J. Timber Ankle Injury
Chelsea FC
  • OUT J. Henderson Wrist Injury
  • OUT M. Palestra Injury
  • DOUBT M. Caicedo Injury
  • OUT J. Henderson Wrist Injury
  • OUT M. Palestra Injury
  • DOUBT M. Caicedo Injury