Arsenal vs Chelsea Head-to-Head Record

The North West London derby is one of English football’s great rivalries: Arsenal, the 14-time FA Cup winners from north London, against Chelsea, the west London club that rose to the top of the English and European game in the 2000s. This page is the complete Arsenal vs Chelsea head to head (H2H) record: every meeting, the all-time tally, the split by competition, top scorers, biggest wins, iconic matches, the last five meetings and the next fixture.

First meeting: 9 November 1907, Chelsea 2–1 Arsenal (First Division, Stamford Bridge) — the first top-flight league game between two London clubs, played in front of 65,000 people. Latest meeting: 6 September 2026, Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea (Premier League, Emirates Stadium).

All-Time Arsenal vs Chelsea H2H Record

All figures below are competitive meetings only, verified against Wikipedia’s Arsenal–Chelsea rivalry record (sourced from Soccerbase), correct as of the latest meeting on 6 September 2026. Friendly and exhibition games are not counted.

Stat Arsenal Draws Chelsea
Total meetings 216
Wins 88 62 draws 66

Arsenal lead the all-time series by 22 wins, and their grip on the fixture has tightened sharply in recent years: the Gunners are unbeaten in the last 12 meetings in all competitions (nine wins, three draws), and Chelsea have not beaten Arsenal since 22 August 2021 — a 2–0 win at the Emirates. Across the 69 Premier League meetings since 1992, Arsenal have scored 99 goals to Chelsea’s 89.

Arsenal vs Chelsea H2H by Competition

Competition Meetings Arsenal wins Draws Chelsea wins
League (First Division / Premier League) 179 72 53 54
FA Cup 21 10 6 5
League Cup 10 5 1 4
UEFA Champions League 2 0 1 1
UEFA Europa League 1 0 0 1
FA Community Shield 3 1 1 1

Arsenal’s edge is built in the league, where they have won 72 of 179 meetings to Chelsea’s 54, and in the FA Cup, where they lead 10–5 — including three FA Cup final wins over Chelsea (2002, 2017 and 2020). Chelsea’s best hunting ground has been the League Cup, where they have won four of ten meetings, and Europe: they knocked Arsenal out of the 2003–04 Champions League quarter-finals and beat them 4–1 in the 2019 Europa League final in Baku.

Top Scorers in Arsenal vs Chelsea Fixtures

Player Club Goals
Didier Drogba Chelsea 13
Thierry Henry Arsenal 10
Frank Lampard Chelsea 10
Ian Wright Arsenal 9

Didier Drogba is the fixture’s all-time top scorer with 13 goals in 15 derby appearances — no player has tormented one opponent quite like Drogba tormented Arsenal, scoring in both of his Chelsea spells. Thierry Henry is Arsenal’s top scorer in the fixture with 10, level with Frank Lampard, and Ian Wright follows with 9. (Different stat sources count 9 or 10 for Henry and Wright; the figures above are the most commonly cited totals.)

Biggest Wins in the Fixture

5 Iconic Arsenal vs Chelsea Matches

  1. Chelsea 2–1 Arsenal, 9 November 1907 — The very first meeting, and the first First Division game between two London clubs. A crowd of 65,000 packed Stamford Bridge; Chelsea won it, and a rivalry that now spans 216 meetings was born.
  2. Chelsea 3–5 Arsenal, 29 October 2011 — One of the great Premier League games. Arsenal trailed twice at Stamford Bridge before Robin van Persie scored two late goals to complete his hat-trick in a famous 5–3 win.
  3. Chelsea 6–0 Arsenal, 22 March 2014 — Arsène Wenger’s 1,000th match in charge turned into his joint-heaviest defeat. Chelsea’s record win in the fixture, sealed inside a chaotic first quarter of an hour.
  4. Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea, 27 May 2017 (FA Cup final, Wembley) — Arsenal won a record 13th FA Cup. Alexis Sánchez opened the scoring inside four minutes, Diego Costa equalised, and Aaron Ramsey headed the winner in front of 89,472 people — the biggest crowd ever for this fixture.
  5. Chelsea 4–1 Arsenal, 29 May 2019 (Europa League final, Baku) — The first European final between the two clubs. Eden Hazard scored twice in his final Chelsea appearance, and Petr Čech — who won four league titles with Chelsea — played the last game of his career in an Arsenal shirt.

Last 5 Arsenal vs Chelsea Meetings

Date Competition Venue Result
6 September 2026 Premier League Emirates Stadium Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea
1 March 2026 Premier League Emirates Stadium Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea
3 February 2026 League Cup semi-final, 2nd leg Emirates Stadium Arsenal 1–0 Chelsea
14 January 2026 League Cup semi-final, 1st leg Stamford Bridge Chelsea 2–3 Arsenal
30 November 2025 Premier League Stamford Bridge Chelsea 1–1 Arsenal

Arsenal have won four of the last five meetings and drawn the other, including both legs of the 2025–26 League Cup semi-final (3–2 at Stamford Bridge, 1–0 at the Emirates). Chelsea’s last win in the fixture remains the 2–0 victory at the Emirates on 22 August 2021, when Romelu Lukaku and Reece James scored.

Next Arsenal vs Chelsea Fixture

Chelsea vs Arsenal — Saturday 13 March 2027, Premier League Matchday 29, Stamford Bridge. Kick-off time to be confirmed nearer the date; fixtures are subject to change for TV picks.

Current form (as of 12 November 2026, after 10 Premier League matchdays): Arsenal sit top of the table on 27 points (9 wins, 0 draws, 1 defeat; 15 goals scored, 5 conceded) — five points clear of second place — and have won their last five league games. Their last league game was a 1–0 win over Hull City at the Emirates on 7 November. Chelsea are fifth on 16 points (5 wins, 1 draw, 4 defeats; 19 scored, 16 conceded), 11 points behind Arsenal; their last five league results read W W L W L, most recently a 1–0 defeat at Sunderland on 8 November. After the international break, Arsenal travel to Newcastle on Saturday 21 November and Chelsea host Leeds United the same day.

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