Arsenal 1-4 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 10 May 2009

Result

Arsenal 1-4 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 10 May 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Arsenal 1-4 Chelsea: match report

Arsenal were beaten by Chelsea 1-4 in the Premier League on Sunday 10 May 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Alex opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Nicklas Bendtner (70'). Chelsea scored through Alex (28'), Nicolas Anelka (39'), an own goal by Kolo Touré (49') and Florent Malouda (86').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 68 points from 35 and Chelsea 3rd on 74 points from 35. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 3 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasArsenal
  • 28'Goal · AlexChelsea · 0-1
  • 39'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 0-2
  • 49'Own goal · Kolo TouréChelsea · 0-3
  • 70'Goal · Nicklas BendtnerArsenal · 1-3
  • 86'Goal · Florent MaloudaChelsea · 1-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 4, Chelsea 3.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Lukasz Fabianski, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, Mikaël Silvestre, Kieran Gibbs, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott

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

Alex, Petr Čech, John Terry, Wayne Bridge, Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole