Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 18 December 2005

Result

Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 18 December 2005, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea: match report

Arsenal lost to Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 December 2005. The half-time score was 0-1.

Arjen Robben opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Arsenal did not score. Chelsea scored through Arjen Robben (39') and Joe Cole (73').

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 8th on 26 points from 15 and Chelsea 1st on 43 points from 16. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Chelsea 1st with 91.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Robin van PersieArsenal
  • 32'Yellow card · Arjen RobbenChelsea
  • 34'Yellow card · Michael EssienChelsea
  • 39'Goal · Arjen RobbenChelsea · 0-1
  • 46'Yellow card · Philippe SenderosArsenal
  • 51'Yellow card · Thierry HenryArsenal
  • 59'Yellow card · Claude MakéléléChelsea
  • 73'Goal · Joe ColeChelsea · 0-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Frank LampardChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 4, Chelsea 2.

Team news

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Laurén, Philippe Senderos, Kolo Touré, Alexander Hleb, Cesc Fàbregas, Mathieu Flamini, Robin van Persie, Fredrik Ljungberg, Thierry Henry, Sulzeer Campbell

Chelsea expected line-up (3-4-2-1)

Petr Čech, Del Horno, William Gallas, John Terry, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, F. Lampard, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Arjen Robben, Hernán Jorge Crespo, Eiður Guðjohnsen