Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 October 2003

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 18 October 2003, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea: match report

Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 October 2003. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Edu Gaspar opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Edu Gaspar (5') and Thierry Henry (75'). Chelsea scored through Hernán Jorge Crespo (8').

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 20 points from 8 and Chelsea 2nd on 20 points from 8. Arsenal went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 0 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Edu GasparArsenal · 1-0
  • 8'Goal · Hernán Jorge CrespoChelsea · 1-1
  • 11'Yellow card · Claude MakéléléChelsea
  • 75'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Jerrel HasselbainkChelsea

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Arsenal 2, draws 4, Chelsea 0.