Chelsea vs Arsenal

20 April 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 2 – 4

Half-time: 2–2

Timo Werner 17’
César Azpilicueta 32’

Eddie Nketiah 13’, 57’
Emile Smith-Rowe 27’
Bukayo Saka 90+2’ (pen)

Match summary

Arsenal took a 4-2 win at Chelsea. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Eddie Nketiah put Arsenal ahead in the 13th minute, Timo Werner equalised in the 17th minute, Emile Smith-Rowe put Arsenal back in front in the 27th minute, set up by Martin Odegaard, and César Azpilicueta equalised in the 32nd minute, set up by Mason Mount. In the second half, Nketiah put Arsenal back in front in the 57th minute and Bukayo Saka made it 2-4 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.87 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Chelsea's 0.59 from 11.

Match stats

11 Shots 14

2 Shots on Target 4

6 Corners 1

3 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

0.59 xG 1.87

0.59 Non-penalty xG 1.11

11 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Chelsea Arsenal

Kick-off

13’

Eddie Nketiah

0-1

Timo Werner

1-1

17’

27’

Emile Smith-Rowe
Assist: Martin Odegaard

1-2

César Azpilicueta
Assist: Mason Mount

2-2

32’

Half-time2-2

57’

Eddie Nketiah

2-3

90+2’

Bukayo Saka
Penalty

2-4

Full-time2-4

Bookings

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

Chelsea

Malang Sarr
César Azpilicueta
Mason Mount

Arsenal

Gabriel

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.

Chelsea 0.59 xGArsenal 1.87 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Arsenal attacking Chelsea 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
Edouard Mendy	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Malang Sarr	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Reece James	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andreas Christensen	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
César Azpilicueta	MID	90	1		1	0.10	0.04	1
N'Golo Kanté	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ruben Loftus-Cheek	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Marcos Alonso	MID	83			5	0.27	0.06	1
Mason Mount	MID	90		1	1	0.06	0.19	3
Timo Werner	FWD	90	1		3	0.10	0.03	1
Romelu Lukaku	FWD	62			1	0.06	0.10	1
Thiago Silva	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kai Havertz	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hakim Ziyech	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rob Holding	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nuno Tavares	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.02	1
Mohamed Elneny	MID	90			1	0.02	0.04	1
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Bukayo Saka	MID	90	1		3	0.88	0.09	1
Martin Odegaard	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.20	3
Emile Smith-Rowe	MID	77	1		2	0.17	0.06	1
Eddie Nketiah	FWD	72	2		5	0.67	0.00	0
Gabriel Martinelli	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cédric Soares	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.15	2
Alexandre Lacazette	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Chelsea win 50% Avg odds 1.92

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.50

Arsenal win 22% Avg odds 4.35

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

Form going into the game

Chelsea W W W L W

Arsenal L W L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea, 22 Aug 21 Next meeting: Chelsea 0-1 Arsenal, 06 Nov 22 All Chelsea vs Arsenal meetings

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.