Arsenal vs Chelsea Matchday Stats Preview

Arsenal have lost just one of their last eight Premier League games against Chelsea (W5 D2), while their current four-game unbeaten run is their longest against the Blues in the league since a 19-game streak between 1995 and 2005.

Chelsea lost this exact fixture 3-1 last season – they’ve not lost consecutive Premier League away games against Arsenal since a run of three between December 2001 and October 2003.

Arsenal lost their first evening kick-off (7pm or later) against Chelsea in the Premier League in March 1993 (0-1), but are since unbeaten in 11 such games against the Blues (W4 D7), winning the last three in a row.

Arsenal lost 2-0 against Aston Villa in their last home game – they last lost consecutive league games at the Emirates in April 2022, and last did so without scoring in November 2020.

Chelsea are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games (W4 D4), scoring at least twice in each of their last six. They last had a longer run without defeat between January and March 2021 (10).

Chelsea have won five of their last eight Premier League London derby matches (D2 L1), having won just one of their previous 10 (D3 L6).

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has never won a Premier League away game against Arsenal, drawing four and losing three of his seven league visits to the Emirates Stadium with Southampton and Spurs.

Since the start of last season, Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka has been involved in more London derby goals in the Premier League than any other player (17 – 8 goals, 9 assists).

Cole Palmer has scored 20 Premier League goals this season, with 10 of these coming in his last five appearances. Only three Chelsea players have ever scored more in a single Premier League campaign – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (23 in both 2000-01 and 2001-02), Frank Lampard (22 in 2009-10) and Didier Drogba (29 in 2009-10).

Cole Palmer has successfully converted all nine penalties he’s taken in the Premier League for Chelsea this season, with only Yaya Touré (11/11) having a better 100% conversion rate in the competition’s history. Only five players have ever netted 10+ penalty goals in a single campaign – Alan Shearer in 1994-95 (10), Andrew Johnson in 2004-05 (11), Frank Lampard in 2009-10 (10), Steven Gerrard in 2013-14 (10) and Luka Milivojevic in 2018-19 (10).