Arsenal vs Chelsea

26 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Alexandre Lacazette 35’ (pen)
Granit Xhaka 44’
Bukayo Saka 56’

Tammy Abraham 85’

Match summary

Arsenal saw off Chelsea 3-1. Arsenal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Alexandre Lacazette put Arsenal ahead from the penalty spot in the 35th minute and Granit Xhaka made it 2-0 with a direct free kick in the 44th minute. In the second half, Bukayo Saka made it 3-0 in the 56th minute, set up by Emile Smith-Rowe and Tammy Abraham pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 85th minute, set up by Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Chelsea can feel hard done by, creating 2.25 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Arsenal's 1.95 from 15. Jorginho had a penalty saved for Chelsea.

Match stats

15 Shots 19

7 Shots on Target 3

7 Corners 9

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.94 xG 2.25

1.18 Non-penalty xG 1.49

6 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Arsenal Chelsea

Kick-off

Alexandre Lacazette
Penalty

1-0

35’

Granit Xhaka

2-0

44’

Half-time2-0

Bukayo Saka
Assist: Emile Smith-Rowe

3-0

56’

85’

Tammy Abraham
Assist: Callum Hudson-Odoi

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Arsenal

Pablo Marí
Kieran Tierney

Chelsea

Thiago Silva

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Arsenal 1.95 xGChelsea 2.25 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Chelsea attacking Arsenal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Héctor Bellerín	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.15	2
Pablo Marí	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rob Holding	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.12	1
Mohamed Elneny	MID	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	MID	90	1		2	0.06	0.00	0
Bukayo Saka	MID	90	1		2	0.11	0.00	0
Emile Smith-Rowe	MID	66		1	1	0.14	0.11	2
Gabriel Martinelli	MID	72			4	0.32	0.00	0
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	90	1		2	1.10	0.00	0
Joe Willock	Sub	24			1	0.05	0.04	1
Nicolas Pepe	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Shkodran Mustafi	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Edouard Mendy	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Reece James	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.05	2
Thiago Silva	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.00	0
Kurt Zouma	DEF	90			3	0.13	0.00	0
Ben Chilwell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mason Mount	MID	90			3	0.12	0.19	4
N'Golo Kanté	MID	75			0	0.00	0.11	1
Mateo Kovacic	MID	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Pulisic	FWD	90			3	0.12	0.10	3
Tammy Abraham	FWD	90	1		3	0.83	0.00	0
Timo Werner	FWD	47			2	0.15	0.05	1
Jorginho	Sub	43			1	0.76	0.04	1
Callum Hudson-Odoi	Sub	43		1	1	0.04	0.78	2
Kai Havertz	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 20% Avg odds 4.72

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.86

Chelsea win 55% Avg odds 1.75

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal L L L D L

Chelsea D W L L W

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Previous and next meeting

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.