Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Monday 27 December 2010

Result

Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Monday 27 December 2010, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea: match report

Arsenal defeated Chelsea 3-1 in the Premier League on Monday 27 December 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

A. Song opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Arsenal's goals came from A. Song (44'), Cesc Fàbregas (51') and T. Walcott (53'). Chelsea scored through Branislav Ivanović (57').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 32 points from 17 and Chelsea 4th on 31 points from 17. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 71.

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 2 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 6 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Ashley ColeChelsea
  • 33'Yellow card · Robin van PersieArsenal
  • 39'Yellow card · S. KalouChelsea
  • 44'Goal · A. SongArsenal · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 2-0
  • 53'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 3-0
  • 57'Goal · Branislav IvanovićChelsea · 3-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Frank LampardChelsea
  • 68'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 2, draws 2, Chelsea 6.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Lukasz Fabianski, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Johan Djourou, Gaël Clichy, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Alex Song, J. Wilshere, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott

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

Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, Branislav Ivanović, Alex, Paulo Ferreira, Ramires, Florent Malouda, John Mikel Obi, Nicolas Anelka, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou