Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea: result and report

Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 1 March 2026, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Arsenal · Chelsea · Premier League predictions

Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 1 March 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

William Saliba opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Arsenal's goals came from William Saliba (21') and Jurriën Timber (66'). Chelsea scored through an own goal by Piero Hincapié (45+2').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 61 points from 28 and Chelsea 6th on 45 points from 27. Arsenal went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Chelsea 10th with 52.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jurriën Timber of Arsenal (7.8), ahead of Gabriel (7.6).

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

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