Chelsea 2-4 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 20 April 2022
Result
Chelsea 2-4 Arsenal
Premier League · Wednesday 20 April 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-2
Chelsea 2-4 Arsenal: match report
Chelsea were beaten by Arsenal 2-4 in the Premier League on Wednesday 20 April 2022. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Eddie Nketiah opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Timo Werner (17') and César Azpilicueta (32'). Arsenal scored through Eddie Nketiah (13'), Emile Smith Rowe (27'), Eddie Nketiah (57') and Bukayo Saka (90+2', penalty).
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 62 points from 30 and Arsenal 5th on 54 points from 31. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Arsenal 5th with 69.
Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Eddie Nketiah of Arsenal (8.6), ahead of Bukayo Saka (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 3 for Arsenal.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Eddie Nketiah
- 17'Goal · Timo Werner
- 27'Goal · Emile Smith Rowe
- 32'Goal · César Azpilicueta
- 57'Goal · Eddie Nketiah
- 65'Yellow card · Malang Sarr
- 84'Yellow card · Mason Mount
- 90+1'Yellow card · César Azpilicueta
- 90+1'Yellow card · Gabriel Magalhães
- 90+2'Penalty goal · Bukayo Saka
Head-to-head
Team news
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Chelsea line-up (3-4-1-2)
Edouard Mendy, Reece James, Andreas Christensen, Malang Sarr, César Azpilicueta, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, N'Golo Kanté, Marcos Alonso, Mason Mount, Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aaron Ramsdale, Ben White, Rob Holding, Gabriel, Nuno Tavares, Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard, Emile Smith Rowe, Eddie Nketiah