Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 10 December 2006

Result

Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 10 December 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal: match report

Chelsea drew with Arsenal 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 10 December 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Mathieu Flamini opened the scoring in the 78th minute. Chelsea's goal came from Michael Essien (84'). Arsenal scored through Mathieu Flamini (78').

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

Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 35 points from 15 and Arsenal 7th on 25 points from 15. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 4 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Ashley ColeChelsea
  • 55'Yellow card · Mathieu FlaminiArsenal
  • 65'Yellow card · Jens LehmannArsenal
  • 66'Yellow card · Didier DrogbaChelsea
  • 78'Goal · Mathieu FlaminiArsenal · 0-1
  • 84'Goal · Michael EssienChelsea · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 2, draws 4, Arsenal 4.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up

Damien Duff, William Gallas, John Terry, Paulo Ferreira, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Arjen Robben, Petr Čech, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Philippe Senderos, Johan Djourou, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Gilberto Silva, Robin van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor