Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal Stats: Neto Strike Cancels out Martinelli’s Opener

Arsenal saw two more points disappear in the title race at Stamford Bridge. Re-live Sunday’s action with the best facts and Opta data in our Chelsea vs Arsenal stats page.

Chelsea and Arsenal had to settle for a draw at Stamford Bridge as they played out a 1-1 stalemate on Sunday.

After a fairly eventless opening hour, the game was livened up by Gabriel Martinelli getting onto the end of a ball from Martin Ødegaard – with the Norwegian making his first start since August – before firing his shot inside Robert Sánchez’s near post.

Pedro Neto equalised just 10 minutes later with a fine strike from range, his first goal since signing for Chelsea from Wolves in the summer.

Arsenal almost won it with the last kick of the game as William Saliba played an inviting ball across the Chelsea box, but Leandro Trossard poked wide to leave Arsenal and Chelsea level on points in fourth and third place respectively, and nine points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Chelsea end the day in the top three places of the Premier League table for the first time since the final day of the 2021-22 season, when they finished in third place behind Manchester City and Liverpool.

Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Chelsea vs Arsenal stats from their Premier League meeting at Stamford Bridge.

The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own match analysis.

Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well. 

Chelsea vs Arsenal: Post-Match Facts

• Arsenal have gone four consecutive Premier League games without a win for the first time April 2023 (D2 L2); the Gunners had picked up all three points in 21 of their previous 25 league matches before this (D3 L1).
• Today was the fourth time that Arsenal have faced 15+ shots in a Premier League game this season, already twice as many times as they did so across the whole of the 2023-24 campaign (twice).
• Chelsea’s Pedro Neto has either scored (2) or assisted (1) in each of his last three Premier League starts against Arsenal, with today’s goal ending a run of 17 league appearances in a row without him finding the net.

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