Chelsea have won just one of their last 11 Premier League games against Arsenal (D3 L7) and are winless in seven (D2 L5) since a 2-0 win at the Emirates in August 2021.
Having lost six of their seven Premier League away games against Chelsea between 2013 and 2018 (D1), Arsenal are now unbeaten in their last six visits to Stamford Bridge (W3 D3).
This is just the fifth time Arsenal have faced Chelsea while top of the table in the Premier League, with the Gunners winning each of the previous four – 3-2 in January 2003 (h), 2-1 in February 2004 (a), 1-0 in December 2007 (h) and 5-0 in April 2024 (h).
Just 43.5% of Chelsea’s Premier League points this season have come in home games (10/23), with only Tottenham (28%) earning a lower share of their points at home.
Chelsea have opened the scoring in each of their last seven Premier League games. It’s their longest run of scoring first since April 2024 (also 7), a run that was ended by a 5-0 loss against Arsenal.
Since the start of 2022-23, Arsenal have lost just three of their 40 London derby matches in the Premier League (W28 D9), with just one of those defeats coming away from home (1-2 vs Fulham in December 2023). Â
Mikel Arteta’s first defeat as Arsenal manager came against Chelsea in his second game in charge in December 2019. Despite this, the Spaniard has the third highest Premier League win rate against the Blues (58.3% – 7/12) of any manager to take charge of 10+ games against them, behind Pep Guardiola (61.1%) and Kenny Dalglish (76.9%).
With two goals and five assists, Arsenal captain Martin Ødegaard has been involved in more Premier League goals against Chelsea than any other opponent (7). He and teammate Gabriel Magalhães have also never lost in eight games against them (W6 D2), with only Patrick Vieira facing the Blues more often without defeat in the competition (10).
Chelsea’s Pedro Neto has been involved in five goals in his last five Premier League games (3 goals, 2 assists), and is looking to score in three in a row for the first time. The Portuguese has also been involved in three goals in his last four starts against Arsenal (2 goals, 1 assist), netting the Blues’ equaliser in this exact fixture last season.
Only against Liverpool (6) has Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard scored more Premier League goals than he has against Chelsea (4). His next goal will be his 50th in the Premier League, and he will be the fifth Belgian to reach this milestone after Romelu Lukaku (121), Christian Benteke (86), Eden Hazard (85) and Kevin De Bruyne (72).
