Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 29 December 2019

Result

Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 29 December 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Arsenal were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 29 December 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (13'). Chelsea scored through Jorginho (83') and Tammy Abraham (87').

Discipline: Arsenal received 5 yellow cards; Chelsea received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 12th on 24 points from 19 and Chelsea 4th on 32 points from 19. Arsenal went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Chelsea 4th with 66.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian of Chelsea (8.4), ahead of Jorginho (7.7).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Mattéo GuendouziArsenal
  • 13'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · N'Golo KantéChelsea
  • 30'Yellow card · Mason MountChelsea
  • 34'Yellow card · Antonio RüdigerChelsea
  • 47'Yellow card · David LuizArsenal
  • 55'Yellow card · JorginhoChelsea
  • 73'Yellow card · Lucas TorreiraArsenal
  • 77'Yellow card · Alexandre LacazetteArsenal
  • 83'Goal · JorginhoChelsea · 1-1
  • 87'Goal · Tammy AbrahamChelsea · 1-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · A. Maitland-NilesArsenal

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Bernd Leno, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Calum Chambers, David Luiz, Bukayo Saka, Lucas Torreira, Mattéo Guendouzi, Reiss Nelson, Mesut Özil, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette

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

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Antonio Rüdiger, Kurt Zouma, Fikayo Tomori, César Azpilicueta, N'Golo Kanté, Mateo Kovacic, Emerson, Mason Mount, Willian, Tammy Abraham