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Arsenal v Chelsea, Premier League, Wed, 3 Jan 2018: statistics and head to head

2017-18. Wed, 3 Jan 2018

22Full time, half-time 0–0

Draw. Goal margin: 0.

WLWLWLeague form, oldest to newestWWWDL

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Emirates Stadium. Photo: Arne Müseler / arne-mueseler.com / Original source, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Arsenal have 10 scored home results and Chelsea 10 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Arsenal at home: 2.50 points per match (10 measured matches); Chelsea away: 2.00 points per match (10 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Arsenal scored 2.50 per home match (10 measured matches); Chelsea scored 1.80 away (10). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.33 per club appearance across 436 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 9 of 20 pooled club appearances (45.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Arsenal: 0 wins; Chelsea: 0 wins; draws: 1.

This fixture has no recorded kickoff time. All results on its calendar date are excluded from this statistical brief.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half00
Second half22

The match in numbers

ArsenalChelsea
  • 14Shots19
  • 6Shots on target6
  • 10Corners8
  • 11Fouls11
  • 3Yellow cards2
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Arsenal

  • Shots14
  • On target6
  • Goals2

43% of shots on target, 33% of those scored.

Chelsea

  • Shots19
  • On target6
  • Goals2

32% of shots on target, 33% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start. This match has no recorded kickoff time, so meetings on its date are excluded.

1 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Too few to read much into. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

0
Arsenal wins
1
Draws
0
Chelsea wins
Goals / meeting
0.00
0 goals in 1 meeting · small sample
Both scored
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 1.5
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 2.5
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 3.5
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Arsenal clean sheets
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Chelsea clean sheets
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Corners / meeting
6.00
1 with corner data · small sample
Cards / meeting
5.00
1 with card data · small sample
  1. Chelsea v ArsenalSun, 17 Sept 2017 · Premier League 2017-180–0HT 0–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Arsenal at home, Chelsea away
  • 50%
    Both teams scored
    League 49%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 97%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 92%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 84%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 74%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 74%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 51%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 45%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 29%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 26%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 15%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 3.4
    Avg total goals
    League 2.68
    19 + 19 matches
  • 79%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 67%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 40%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 33%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 10.4
    Corners per match
    League 10.29
    19 + 19 matches
  • 66%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 71%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 58%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 58%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 53%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 46%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 3.0
    Cards per match
    League 3.15
    19 + 19 matches
  • 37%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 41%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 32%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 26%
    19 + 19 matches

Stored season context, 2017-18

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2017-18

Arsenal at home, Chelsea away
Arsenal (home)Chelsea (away)
6Position5
WWWWWLast 5, oldest to newestLWWWL
19Played19
2.47Points per match1.74
79%Win %53%
2.84Scored / match1.68
1.05Conceded / match1.16
3.89Avg total goals2.84
47%Both scored53%
47%Clean sheets32%
5%Failed to score21%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

ArsenalChelsea
  • 1.211st half scored / match0.79
  • 0.531st half conceded / match0.37
  • 1.632nd half scored / match0.89
  • 0.532nd half conceded / match0.79
  • 58%Leading at half-time42%
  • 84%1st half over 0.574%
  • 47%1st half over 1.532%
  • 84%2nd half over 0.579%
  • 63%2nd half over 1.558%
  • 47%Scored in both halves37%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Arsenal at home, Chelsea away, this season.

Goals

ArsenalChelsea
  • 2.84Scored / match1.68
  • 1.05Conceded / match1.16
  • 3.89Match total / match2.84
  • 95%Scored 1+79%
  • 84%Scored 2+47%
  • 53%Conceded 1+68%
  • 32%Conceded 2+32%
  • 95%Match over 1.574%
  • 79%Match over 2.568%
  • 53%Match over 3.537%

Shots and xG

ArsenalChelsea
  • 18.05Shots for13.16
  • 9.74Shots against11.00
  • 7.74On target for4.63
  • 3.68On target against3.63
  • 16%Shot conversion13%

Corners

ArsenalChelsea
  • 6.95Corners for4.32
  • 4.95Corners against4.68
  • 11.89Match total9.00
  • 90%Over 7.553%
  • 90%Over 8.542%
  • 79%Over 9.537%
  • 74%Over 10.532%
  • 53%Over 11.521%

Cards

ArsenalChelsea
  • 1.37Cards for1.21
  • 1.32Cards against2.11
  • 2.68Match total3.32
  • 47%Over 2.563%
  • 32%Over 3.542%
  • 32%Over 4.532%
  • 5%Over 5.516%
  • 9.79Fouls committed9.47
Referee this season
A Taylor
Matches
27
Cards / match
3.44
27 matches
Over 3.5 cards
48%
27 matches
Over 4.5 cards
30%
27 matches
Fouls / match
21.70
27 matches

The table, 2017-18

#ClubPGDPts
3Tottenham383877
4Liverpool384675
5Chelsea382470
6Arsenal382363
7Burnley38-354
8Everton38-1449
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