Chelsea vs Arsenal: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head

Chelsea have won just one of their last 11 Premier League games against Arsenal (D3 L7) and are winless in seven (D2 L5) since a 2-0 victory at the Emirates in August 2021.

After losing six of their seven Premier League away games against Chelsea between 2013 and 2018 (1 draw), Arsenal are now undefeated in their last six trips to Stamford Bridge (3 wins, 3 draws).

This is only the fifth time Arsenal have faced Chelsea while top of the Premier League table, with the Gunners having won each of the previous four – 3-2 in January 2003 (h), 2-1 in February 2004 (a), 1-0 in December 2007 (h) and 5-0 in April 2024 (h).

Only 43.5% of Chelsea’s points in the Premier League this season have come from home games (10/23), with only Tottenham (28%) securing a lower share of their points at home.

Chelsea have opened the scoring in each of their last seven Premier League games. This is their longest goal streak since April 2024 (also 7), a streak which ended in a 5-0 defeat to Arsenal.

Since the start of the 2022-23 season, Arsenal have lost only three of their 40 London derbies in the Premier League (28 wins, 9 draws), including only one away (1-2 against Fulham in December 2023).

Mikel Arteta’s first defeat as Arsenal manager came against Chelsea in his second game in charge in December 2019. Despite this, the Spaniard has the third-highest Premier League win rate against the Blues (58.3% – 7/12) among all managers to have taken charge of more than 10 games against them, behind Pep Guardiola (61.1%) and Kenny Dalglish (76.9%).

With two goals and five assists, Arsenal captain Martin Ødegaard has been involved in more Premier League goals against Chelsea than any other opponent (7). He and teammate Gabriel Magalhães have also never lost in eight games against them (6 wins, 2 draws), with only Patrick Vieira facing the Blues more often without defeat in the competition (10).

Chelsea’s Pedro Neto has been involved in five goals in his last five Premier League games (3 goals, 2 assists) and is looking to make it three in a row for the first time. The Portuguese has also been involved in three goals in his last four starts against Arsenal (2 goals, 1 assist), equalizing the Blues in the same match last season.

Only against Liverpool (6) has Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard scored more Premier League goals than against Chelsea (4). His next goal will be his 50th in the Premier League, and he will be the fifth Belgian to reach this milestone after Romelu Lukaku (121), Christian Benteke (86), Eden Hazard (85) and Kevin De Bruyne (72).