Match report
Arsenal fight back to beat Chelsea in Premier League clash
Arsenal came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 at Emirates Stadium in a Premier League Regular Season - 3 fixture, overturning an early deficit to move to second in the table. Mikel Arteta's side had made a slow start but responded with purpose either side of half-time to see off Xabi Alonso's visitors.
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Chelsea led inside two minutes when Morgan Rogers converted an assist from Jorrel Hato to put the away side 1-0 up. Arsenal levelled through Kai Havertz on 25 minutes, the forward finishing from Declan Rice's pass, and the sides went in level at the break. Five minutes into the second half Martin Ødegaard struck, teed up by Christos Tzolis, to give the hosts the lead they would not surrender.
Arsenal dominated proceedings with 55 per cent possession and outshot Chelsea 16 to 13, with nine of their attempts on target against five for the visitors. Chelsea picked up four bookings to Arsenal's two as Chris Kavanagh took charge of a physical contest, though neither side had a man sent off.
Ødegaard scored the winning goal on 50 minutes and finished with a rating of 8.2, level with goalscorer Havertz, while Rice's assist for Havertz's equaliser also stood out.
Arsenal's nine shots on target compared with Chelsea's five underlined their greater threat in front of goal.
Arsenal beat Chelsea 2–1 (half-time 1–1).
Arsenal met Chelsea in the Premier League (Regular Season - 3). Kick-off was Sunday, 6 September 2026, 15:30 UTC at Emirates Stadium. Referee: Chris Kavanagh.
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Key moments
- 2' Goal: Morgan Rogers (assist: Jorrel Hato) — 0–1 · Watch Morgan Rogers's goal video (2')
- 25' Goal: Kai Havertz (assist: Declan Rice) — 1–1 · Watch Kai Havertz's goal video (25')
- 50' Goal: Martin Ødegaard (assist: Christos Tzolis) — 2–1 · Watch Martin Ødegaard's goal video (50')
Starting line-ups
Arsenal (4-2-3-1)
Chelsea (3-4-2-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Arsenal 65%, the draw 20%, Chelsea 15%. It finished Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea.
Arsenal's rating gap decides it — Arsenal are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Arsenal's 65%. The draw at 20% is lifted by the early-season fade in home wins.
Why Arsenal at 65%?
Arsenal sit 272 points higher on our strength rating — 2219 to 1947. Sides with a 200–300-point rating edge at home won 67.0% of 5,982 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 69–16–15.
Why only 65%?
Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Arsenal's column. Across 10,972 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.7% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018.
Why is the draw only 20%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 16.9%. These teams' recent games average 2.5 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,753. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Chelsea come into this after a busy window — 12 arrivals and 12 departures over the summer. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). Arsenal have won the last 5 home meetings with Chelsea. Streaks like this look decisive, but sides on a 3+ home run in a fixture won 58.9% of 4,899 such games vs 58.4% class-expected — the strength that built the streak is already in the rating. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Arsenal vs Chelsea final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Premier League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Morgan Rogers's goal against Arsenal (2').
- Watch Kai Havertz's goal against Chelsea (25').
- Watch Martin Ødegaard's goal against Chelsea (50').
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