Arsenal used corners to their advantage again to pick up a valuable three points in the Premier League title race. Analyse the best Opta data with our Arsenal vs Chelsea stats page.
Not for the first time this season, a game dominated by corners led to an Arsenal victory as the Gunners restored their five-point advantage at the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 win over 10-man Chelsea.
Goals from William Saliba and Jurriën Timber at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday either side of an own goal by Piero Hincapié saw Mikel Arteta’s men get past Liam Rosnior’s Blues, with all three goals coming from corner kicks.
Pedro Neto was sent off for the visitors for two bookings in the second half, becoming the seventh Chelsea player to be shown a red card this season in the Premier League. Only six teams have ever had more in a single campaign in competition history – most recently QPR with nine in 2011-12.
Following Manchester City’s 1-0 win at Leeds United on Saturday, the pressure was on leaders Arsenal to respond, and despite some nervous moments, even while playing against 10 men, they did enough to get over the line.
There were hearts in Chelsea mouths as early as the fifth minute when Robert Sánchez almost gifted the ball to Viktor Gyökeres after dallying on it, but the Blues goalkeeper was eventually able to scramble it away.
Mamadou Sarr was making his first Premier League start for Chelsea, and had a glorious chance to score his first goal for the club when a deflected free-kick landed in his path, but the young centre-back made a mess of his finish and the ball trickled harmlessly wide.
For a remarkable ninth time in the Premier League this season, it was a corner that led to Arsenal taking the lead. An inswinger in the 21st minute from Bukayo Saka to the back post was headed back across the six-yard box by Gabriel Magalhães for his centre-back partner Saliba to nod towards goal, with his effort deflecting in off Sarr.
It was a corner that led to Chelsea’s equaliser too. Reece James had just whipped one in from the left that struck Declan Rice on the arm and was brilliantly saved by David Raya. To the relief of the hosts, the video assistant referee dismissed the penalty claims, but it ultimately didn’t matter as the resulting corner also deflected off an Arsenal player and this time, flew into the net. Hincapié was the unlucky man to touch the ball past his goalkeeper after trying to head it away at the near post.
The teams went in 1-1 at the break, despite the fact Chelsea still hadn’t recorded a shot on target. It was the second half of football on Opta record (since 2006-07) to see Chelsea score despite failing to have a shot on target, after their first half vs Man City in April 2008.
Enzo Fernández did force Raya into a decent save with a shot from the edge of the box five minutes into the second half, and just a few moments later, João Pedro guided a header towards goal from a corner, but Raya was equal to it.
It was a strong start to the second half from the visitors, but it was just a matter of time before a corner had a say in matters again. Another excellent delivery from the left from Rice was headed in by Timber, with Sánchez making a complete mess of coming for the ball and allowing a fairly simple goal for Arsenal to retake the lead.
The Gunners’ 16 goals from corners in the Premier League this season is the joint-most by any side in a single campaign, alongside Oldham Athletic in 1992-93, West Brom in 2016-17, and Arsenal themselves in 2023-24.
To compound matters for Chelsea, they were reduced to 10 men soon after. Neto was booked for dissent after Arsenal’s second goal, before making a crazy foul on Gabriel Martinelli moments later to stop a counter-attack.
Arsenal looked for a third, with a neat move down the right leading to Eberechi Eze trying to find the bottom left corner of the net, but Sánchez did well to get down and save his effort.
Chelsea pushed for an equaliser late on despite having a man fewer, and had the ball in the net deep into stoppage time through Liam Delap, but much to Arsenal’s relief, João Pedro was offside in the build-up.
The roar around the stadium on the final whistle was full of that same relief as Arsenal restored their five-point lead in what is proving to be a fascinating title race.
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