Season 2026-27

Arsenal vs Chelsea

Premier League · Round 6 · Sat 29 Sep 2012, 12:45

Arsenal
12 Full time
Chelsea

Chelsea won 2–1 away at Arsenal on 29 September 2012 (Premier League 2012-2013, Round 6). Goals – Arsenal: Gervinho 43'; Chelsea: Fernando Torres 20', Juan Manuel Mata 53'. In 53 Premier League meetings since 2000-01, Arsenal have won 19, Chelsea 17 and 17 matches have been drawn.

Summary

Key events

  1. 20' Fernando Torres Chelsea · assist Juan Manuel Mata 0–1
  2. 43' Gervinho Arsenal · assist Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 1–1
  3. Half time · 1–1
  4. 53' Juan Manuel Mata Chelsea 1–2
  5. Full time · 1–2

Lineups

Arsenal

  1. 24 Vito Mannone
  2. 8 Mikel Arteta
  3. 19 Santi Cazorla
  4. 2 Abou Diaby
  5. 27 Gervinho
  6. 28 Kieran Gibbs
  7. 25 Carl Jenkinson
  8. 6 Laurent Koscielny
  9. 9 Lukas Podolski
  10. 16 Aaron Ramsey
  11. 5 Thomas Vermaelen

Substitutes used

Unused

Johan Djourou, Emiliano Martinez, Per Mertesacker, Andre Santos

Chelsea

  1. 1 Petr Cech
  2. 3 Ashley Cole
  3. 4 David Luiz
  4. 17 Eden Hazard
  5. 2 Branislav Ivanovic
  6. 10 Juan Manuel Mata
  7. 12 John Obi Mikel
  8. 11 Oscar
  9. 7 Ramires
  10. 26 John Terry
  11. 9 Fernando Torres

Substitutes used

Unused

Cesar Azpilicueta, Frank Lampard, Oriol Romeu, Ross Turnbull

Head-to-head & form

Head-to-head since 2000-01

Full head-to-head
19Arsenal wins17Draws17Chelsea wins

53 meetings · goals Arsenal 72–74 Chelsea

Previous meetings

21 Apr 2012 Arsenal0–0FT · 12:45Chelsea
29 Oct 2011 Chelsea3–5FT · 11:45Arsenal
27 Dec 2010 Arsenal3–1FT · 20:00Chelsea
3 Oct 2010 Chelsea2–0FT · 16:00Arsenal
7 Feb 2010 Chelsea2–0FT · 16:00Arsenal

Form before the match

Last five Premier League matches, oldest to newest.

Final table 2012-2013

Full table
# Team P W D L GD Pts
3 Chelsea 38 22 9 7 +36 75
4 Arsenal 38 21 10 7 +35 73

Top scorers 2012-2013

All scorers

Arsenal

  1. Theo Walcott 14
  2. Santi Cazorla 12
  3. Lukas Podolski 11

Chelsea

  1. Frank Lampard 15
  2. Demba Ba 15
  3. Juan Manuel Mata 12