Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 16 December 2007

Result

Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 16 December 2007, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea: match report

Arsenal won against Chelsea 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 16 December 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from William Gallas of Arsenal in the 45th minute.

Discipline: Arsenal received 5 yellow cards; Chelsea received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 39 points from 16 and Chelsea 3rd on 34 points from 16. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Arsenal wins, 5 draws and 3 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal
  • 30'Yellow card · Frank LampardChelsea
  • 30'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 35'Yellow card · Emmanuel EbouéArsenal
  • 45'Goal · William GallasArsenal · 1-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Mathieu FlaminiArsenal
  • 63'Yellow card · Kolo TouréArsenal
  • 67'Yellow card · Joe ColeChelsea
  • 74'Yellow card · Tal Ben HaimChelsea
  • 84'Yellow card · John Mikel ObiChelsea
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 2, draws 5, Chelsea 3.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-1-1)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Emmanuel Adebayor

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

Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé