Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 3 October 2010

Result

Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 3 October 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal: match report

Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 October 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (39') and Alex (85'). Arsenal did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 15 points from 6 and Arsenal 4th on 11 points from 6. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 71 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 2 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 1-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Paulo FerreiraChelsea
  • 84'Yellow card · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal
  • 85'Goal · AlexChelsea · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 6, draws 2, Arsenal 2.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Alex, Michael Essien, Ramires, John Mikel Obi, Florent Malouda, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Lukasz Fabianski, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Sébastien Squillaci, Gaël Clichy, Abou Diaby, Samir Nasri, Alex Song, J. Wilshere, Andrey Arshavin, Marouane Chamakh