Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2012

Result

Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2012, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Arsenal were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 September 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Gervinho (42'). Chelsea scored through Fernando Torres (20') and Juan Mata (53').

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

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 9 points from 5 and Chelsea 1st on 13 points from 5. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 73 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 74.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 5 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Fernando TorresChelsea · 0-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Aaron RamseyArsenal
  • 39'Yellow card · OscarChelsea
  • 42'Goal · GervinhoArsenal · 1-1
  • 48'Yellow card · David LuizChelsea
  • 53'Goal · Juan MataChelsea · 1-2
  • 53'Yellow card · Thomas VermaelenArsenal
  • 90+2'Yellow card · RamiresChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 1, Chelsea 5.

Team news

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

Wojciech Szczesny, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, C. Jenkinson, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen

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

Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, David Luiz, John Terry, Ramires, Juan Mata, Oscar, John Mikel Obi, Fernando Torres, Eden Hazard