Chelsea vs Arsenal

18 August 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–2

Pedro 9’
Álvaro Morata 20’
Marcos Alonso 81’

Henrikh Mkhitaryan 37’
Alex Iwobi 41’

Match summary

Chelsea beat Arsenal 3-2. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Pedro put Chelsea ahead in the 9th minute, set up by Marcos Alonso, Álvaro Morata made it 2-0 in the 20th minute, set up by César Azpilicueta, Henrikh Mkhitaryan pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 37th minute, and Alex Iwobi equalised in the 41st minute, set up by Henrikh Mkhitaryan. In the second half, Marcos Alonso won it in the 81st minute, set up by Eden Hazard.

Arsenal can feel hard done by, creating 2.46 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Chelsea's 1.72 from 24.

Match stats

24 Shots 15

11 Shots on Target 6

5 Corners 1

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.72 xG 2.46

1.72 Non-penalty xG 2.46

10 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Chelsea Arsenal

Kick-off

Pedro
Assist: Marcos Alonso

1-0

9’

Álvaro Morata
Assist: César Azpilicueta

2-0

20’

37’

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

2-1

41’

Alex Iwobi
Assist: Henrikh Mkhitaryan

2-2

Half-time2-2

Marcos Alonso
Assist: Eden Hazard

3-2

81’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Arsenal

Shkodran Mustafi
Granit Xhaka

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 1.72 xGArsenal 2.46 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
Kepa	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
César Azpilicueta	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.22	3
David Luiz	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.00	0
Antonio Rüdiger	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	2
Marcos Alonso	DEF	90	1	1	3	0.18	0.47	2
N'Golo Kanté	MID	90			3	0.29	0.09	4
Jorginho	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Ross Barkley	MID	62			2	0.07	0.00	0
Pedro	FWD	90	1		6	0.54	0.07	2
Álvaro Morata	FWD	77	1		3	0.18	0.03	1
Willian	FWD	63			0	0.00	0.14	1
Mateo Kovacic	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eden Hazard	Sub	27		1	2	0.11	0.30	3
Olivier Giroud	Sub	13			2	0.24	0.09	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Petr Cech	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Héctor Bellerín	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.50	1
Shkodran Mustafi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Sokratis	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nacho Monreal	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.08	1
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	MID	48			0	0.00	0.02	1
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	MID	90	1	1	3	0.46	0.87	5
Mesut Özil	MID	70			2	0.11	0.00	0
Alex Iwobi	MID	77	1		2	0.78	0.80	2
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	90			4	0.98	0.02	1
Lucas Torreira	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Ramsey	Sub	20			2	0.06	0.00	0
Alexandre Lacazette	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.05	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Chelsea win 54% Bet365 odds 1.80

Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.00

Arsenal win 22% Bet365 odds 4.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Chelsea W

Arsenal L

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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.