Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2004

Result

Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2004, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal: match report

Chelsea were beaten by Arsenal 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 February 2004. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Eiður Guðjohnsen opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Chelsea's goal came from Eiður Guðjohnsen (1'). Arsenal scored through Patrick Vieira (15') and Edu Gaspar (21').

Discipline: Chelsea received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 55 points from 25 and Arsenal 1st on 61 points from 25. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Arsenal 1st with 90.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 3 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Eiður GuðjohnsenChelsea · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Patrick VieiraArsenal · 1-1
  • 21'Goal · Edu GasparArsenal · 1-2
  • 42'Yellow card · Eiður GuðjohnsenChelsea
  • 51'Yellow card · Adrian MutuChelsea
  • 60'Second yellow · Eiður GuðjohnsenChelsea
  • 60'Yellow card · LaurénArsenal
  • 67'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 80'Yellow card · Frank LampardChelsea
  • 90'Yellow card · Thierry HenryArsenal

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Chelsea 0, draws 4, Arsenal 3.