Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 20 January 2013

Result

Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 20 January 2013, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal: match report

Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 20 January 2013. The half-time score was 2-0.

Juan Mata opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Juan Mata (6') and Frank Lampard (16', penalty). Arsenal scored through Theo Walcott (58').

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

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 42 points from 22 and Arsenal 7th on 34 points from 21. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and Arsenal 4th with 73.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Juan MataChelsea · 1-0
  • 16'Yellow card · Wojciech SzczesnyArsenal
  • 16'Penalty goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 2-0
  • 58'Goal · Theo WalcottArsenal · 2-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Juan MataChelsea
  • 87'Yellow card · Ashley ColeChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 6, draws 1, Arsenal 3.

Team news

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

Petr Čech, David Luiz, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, César Azpilicueta, Juan Mata, F. Lampard, Ramires, Eden Hazard, Gary Cahill

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

Wojciech Szczesny, Thomas Vermaelen, Kieran Gibbs, Bacary Sagna, J. Wilshere, Santi Cazorla, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott, Lukas Podolski, Mikel Arteta