Chelsea 3-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 August 2018

Result

Chelsea 3-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 18 August 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Chelsea 3-2 Arsenal: match report

Chelsea won against Arsenal 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 August 2018. The half-time score was 2-2.

Pedro opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Pedro (9'), Álvaro Morata (20') and Marcos Alonso (81'). Arsenal scored through Henrikh Mkhitaryan (37') and Alex Iwobi (41').

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and Arsenal 5th with 70.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcos Alonso of Chelsea (8.9), ahead of Pedro (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 1 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · PedroChelsea · 1-0
  • 20'Goal · Álvaro MorataChelsea · 2-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Granit XhakaArsenal
  • 37'Goal · Henrikh MkhitaryanArsenal · 2-1
  • 41'Goal · Alex IwobiArsenal · 2-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Nurgzay KhayrulinArsenal
  • 81'Goal · Marcos AlonsoChelsea · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 5, draws 4, Arsenal 1.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Antonio Rüdiger, David Luiz, Marcos Alonso, N'Golo Kanté, Jorginho, Ross Barkley, Pedro, Álvaro Morata, Willian

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

Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis, Nacho Monreal, Granit Xhaka, Mattéo Guendouzi, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Mesut Özil, Alex Iwobi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang