Match Details.
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).
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Highlights.
Ben White was the only Arsenal player to have more than one touch in the opposition box in the opening 45 minutes (2).
Chelsea will end a 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 position behind Manchester City and Liverpool.
Martin Ødegaard created at least twice as many chances than any other player on the pitch against Chelsea (4). And he provided an assist.
Pedro Neto, who has scored his first Premier League goal for Chelsea, has scored from outside the box in the competition for the first time since his very first such goal on New Year’s Day 2020 for Wolves v Watford.
Making his first start since injury, Martin Ødegaard registered an assist, completed 91% of his passes, created more chances (4) & more BIG chances (2) than any other player.
Since the start of last season, Pedro Neto has scored or assisted a goal every 145 minutes in the Premier League, a better record than the following players:
- L. Trossard (146 mins per G/A)
- D. Solanke (152 mins per G/A)
- L. Diaz (164 mins per G/A)
Five of Pedro Neto’s last seven Premier League goals have come against ‘Big Six’ opposition.
Only Cole Palmer (11) and Mo Salah (9) have more Premier League assists from open play than Martin Ødegaard (8) in 2024.
Declan Rice won more duels (4) and made more tackles (2) than any other Arsenal player in the first half vs. Chelsea. And he was one of just two Arsenal players to complete a take-on alongside Thomas Partey.
Moises Caicedo won possession eight times in the first half vs. Arsenal, at least three more times than any other player on the pitch.
Chelsea have been shown more cards for dissent (9) than any other side in the Premier League this season.
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