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Possession
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Arsenal v Chelsea 2-1 · Premier League
Emirates Stadium · London · Matchday 3
What happened
Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added
Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 in matchday 3 of the Premier League at Emirates Stadium, London.
Kai Havertz 25' and Martin Odegaard 50' scored for Arsenal, Morgan Rogers 2' for Chelsea.
Arsenal had 55% of the ball to Chelsea's 45%; the sides had 16 and 13 shots (9 and 5 on target).
The referee showed 6 yellow cards and no reds.
Key stats
Shots
1613
Shots on Target
95
Corners
53
Fouls
1316
Match timeline
- 90+5’Yellow cardMikel Merino
- 90’SubstitutionBukayo Saka · On: Noni Madueke
- 87’SubstitutionMorgan Rogers · On: Danny Welbeck
- 83’Yellow cardMorgan Rogers
- 81’SubstitutionPedro Neto · On: Estêvão Willian Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalves
- 78’SubstitutionKai Havertz · On: Viktor Gyökeres
- 77’SubstitutionMartin Odegaard · On: Mikel Merino
- 67’SubstitutionRiccardo Calafiori · On: Piero Hincapié
- 67’SubstitutionMyles Lewis-Skelly · On: Martín Zubimendi
Team stats comparison
ArsenalChelsea
- 55Possession45
- 16Shots13
- 9Shots on Target5
- 5Corners3
- 3Offsides0
- 4Saves8
- 457Passes377
- 13Fouls16
- 1Yellow Cards4
Match info
- Competition
- Premier League
- Round
- Matchday 3
- Venue
- Emirates Stadium, London
- Referee
- C. Kavanagh
- Arsenal coach
- Mikel Arteta
- Chelsea coach
- Xabi Alonso
Match record
- Competition
- Premier League
- Round
- Matchday 3
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Emirates Stadium, London
- Referee
- Chris Kavanagh
- Match ID
cornerflick:match:arsenal-vs-chelsea-premier-league-2026-09-06
Data: API-Football · last updated · Spotted an error?
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Arsenal4-2-3-1
Starting XI
- 1David RayaGK
- 4B. WhiteDF
- 15E. KonsaDF
- 6Gabriel MagalhãesDF
- 33R. CalafioriDF
- 41D. RiceMF
- 49M. Lewis-SkellyMF
- 7B. SakaMF
- 8M. ØdegaardMF
- 17C. TzolisMF
- 29K. HavertzFW
Bench
- 13Kepa
- 5P. Hincapié
- 10E. Eze
- 23Mikel Merino
- 36Martín Zubimendi
- 39Bruno Guimarães
- 56M. Dowman
- 14V. Gyökeres
- 20N. Madueke
Coach · Mikel Arteta
- Arsenal
- Chelsea
Chelsea3-4-2-1
Starting XI
- 1E. MartínezGK
- 3W. FofanaDF
- 34Joshua Kofi AcheampongDF
- 5M. LacroixDF
- 7Pedro Neto ↓MF
- 24R. JamesMF
- 45R. LaviaMF
- 21J. HatoMF
- 10C. PalmerMF
- 17M. RogersMF
- 9João PedroFW
Bench
- 41Estêvão
- 18D. Welbeck
- 4V. Barco
- 23Geovany Tcherno Quenda
- 29Pep Chavarría
- 11J. Bynoe-Gittens
- 27M. Gusto
- 6L. Colwill
- 39M. Penders
Coach · Xabi Alonso
Premier League table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 12 |
| 2 |  Manchester City | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 12 |
| 3 |  Hull City | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +3 | 8 |
| 4 |  Brighton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +8 | 7 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 |
Full timeline
19 events
- 2’Morgan RogersChelsea · assist Jorrel Hato0–1
- 13’VARRiccardo Calafiori · Goal cancelled
- 14’Yellow cardJoão Pedro
- 25’Kai HavertzArsenal · assist Declan Rice1–1
- 45’Yellow cardCole Palmer
- 50’Martin OdegaardArsenal · assist Christos Tzolis2–1
- 58’Yellow cardChristos Tzolis
- 58’Yellow cardMaxence Lacroix
- 60’SubstitutionJorrel Hato · On: Pep Chavarria
- 60’SubstitutionRomeo Lavia · On: Malo Gusto
- 67’SubstitutionRiccardo Calafiori · On: Piero Hincapié
- 67’SubstitutionMyles Lewis-Skelly · On: Martín Zubimendi
- 77’SubstitutionMartin Odegaard · On: Mikel Merino
- 78’SubstitutionKai Havertz · On: Viktor Gyökeres
- 81’SubstitutionPedro Neto · On: Estêvão Willian Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalves
- 83’Yellow cardMorgan Rogers
- 87’SubstitutionMorgan Rogers · On: Danny Welbeck
- 90’SubstitutionBukayo Saka · On: Noni Madueke
- 90+5’Yellow cardMikel Merino
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