Arsenal 3-0 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2016

Result

Arsenal 3-0 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2016, 16:30 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Arsenal 3-0 Chelsea: match report

Arsenal defeated Chelsea 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 September 2016. It was 3-0 at half-time.

A. Sánchez opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Arsenal's goals came from A. Sánchez (11'), T. Walcott (14') and M. Özil (40'). Chelsea did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 10 points from 5 and Chelsea 7th on 10 points from 5. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Chelsea 1st with 93.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mesut Özil of Arsenal (8.3), level with Alexis Sánchez (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 3 draws and 6 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · A. SánchezArsenal · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 2-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Branislav IvanovićChelsea
  • 40'Goal · M. ÖzilArsenal · 3-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Diego CostaChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 1, draws 3, Chelsea 6.

Team news

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

Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Santi Cazorla, Francis Coquelin, Theo Walcott, Mesut Özil, Alex Iwobi, Alexis Sánchez

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

Thibaut Courtois, Branislav Ivanović, Gary Cahill, David Luiz, César Azpilicueta, N'Golo Kanté, Willian, Cesc Fàbregas, Nemanja Matić, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa