Chelsea were made to drop further 2 points at home with 2 break taken goals scored by the Arsenal functionary system.
It was a real let down from the Blues as they regained the lead through Skipper Cesar Azpilicueta who thought he has scored the winning goal. However, Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli had other plans following a swift counter attacking move, en-routed to Arsenal equalizer.
This saw Chelsea caught napping with Frenchman Kante the major culprit after he slipped while attempt to stop the Arsenal prodigy.
Following the match outcome we take into consideration, the interesting statistics and match features as Chelsea drew 2-2 at home.
Full statistics
Shots on target
Chelsea – 8
Arsenal – 2
Chelsea were terrific in transition against the visitors Arsenal as they bombarded the Arsenal goal with a couple of chances at their disposal.
However, they were able to score on two occasions thanks to midfielder Jorginho and defender Cesar Azpilicueta despite having a higher number of shots on goal than the visitors.
Shots off target
Chelsea – 6
Arsenal – 0
Arsenal just did what they know – how to do best, as they had 2 shots to the goods away at Chelsea. They couldn’t register a shot off target as their match counterpart Chelsea had 6 shots off target. This was due the pressure produced by the Chelsea attack as Mason Mount, Tammy Abraham, Hudson-Odoi and Willian bumped forward in transition.
Possession
Chelsea – 58%
Arsenal – 42%
Chelsea were dominant in the middle of the park but could not convert their dominance to victory as was the case in this game.
The Blues were victim of the same scenario as it repeated against Newcastle United at the weekend. They dominated possession even though they lost 1-0 to the Magpies.
Lampard must get down to business to find a balance to this scenario as games lies ahead for Chelsea to make amends.
Corners
Chelsea – 17
Arsenal – 5
The match was a frenetic contest as it produced a lot of corner-kicks in the game. There were total 22 corners in the match.
There was a high disparity between the two sides as Chelsea had 17 corners as compared to Arsenal’s 5 corners in the match.
Offsides
Chelsea – 2
Arsenal – 1
The Blues showed the match readiness to regain the lead in the contest as Arsenal equalized through Gabriel Martinelli.
This was a goal from the run of play as the youthful forward produced the juice Arsenal needed away from home.
This put Chelsea under pressure as this result into two offside they had in the match. While Arsenal had only one offside to deal with.
Fouls
Chelsea – 11
Arsenal – 6
The physical contest that exist in this game made sure that about 17 fouls were recorded between both teams.
As Chelsea were in desperation they bumped into challenges than Arsenal as they got 11 fouls.
Arsenal committed 5 fouls with David Luiz sent off with a straight red making sure Arsenal finish with 10 men in the London rivalry.
Goal-kicks
Chelsea – 1
Arsenal – 9
A total of 10 goal-kicks were taken note of in the Chelsea/Arsenal rematch after the previous fixture on 29th December 2019, which ended 1-2 in favour of Chelsea.
Chelsea forced 9 Goal-kicks on their opposition while Arsenal had only 1 goal-kick in the entire 90 minutes of the game.
