Arsenal are unbeaten of their final 9 Premier League matches in opposition to Chelsea (W6 D3), their greatest unbeaten run in opposition to the Blues since a run of 19 between 1995 and 2005.
Chelsea have misplaced their final 4 away Premier League video games in opposition to Arsenal by an combination rating of 11-2. Their final win there was in August 2021, a 2-0 victory.
Arsenal have misplaced simply one in all their final 29 Premier League London derbies (W22 D6) and are unbeaten of their final 16 (W12 D4). The final aspect to have an extended unbeaten run was the Gunners themselves between August 2022 and November 2023 (17 video games).
Chelsea have began 2026-27 with three consecutive wins in all competitions (two within the Premier League, one within the League Cup). The Blues final gained their opening 4 video games to a season in 2016-17 (Antonio Conte’s first 4) and their opening three Premier League video games in 2018-19 (beneath Maurizio Sarri).
Arsenal have gained their first two Premier League matches this season however solely as soon as within the final 21 seasons have the Gunners began their marketing campaign with three wins, doing so in 2022-23.
Chelsea’s two Premier League matches this season have seen 12 objectives (7 for, 5 in opposition to), the joint-third most in a aspect’s first two video games of a marketing campaign within the competitors, behind solely Arsenal in 2004-05 (13) and Leeds United in 2020-21 (14). They might grow to be the primary aspect to see their opening three video games of a top-flight season all have 5+ objectives since Arsenal in 1988-89.
Across the primary two matchdays of 2026-27, Arsenal confronted the fewest pictures (11), the fewest pictures on the right track (1) and allowed their opponents the bottom xG (0.54) of any Premier League aspect. Since 2022-23, the Gunners have had 16 video games the place their opponents haven’t had a shot on the right track – twice as many as every other aspect (Liverpool, 8).
Bukayo Saka has scored in every of his final two Premier League appearances, final scoring in additional consecutively in January/February 2024 (5 in a row). The final Arsenal participant to attain of their first three video games in a season was Alexandre Lacazette in 2020-21.
Cole Palmer has scored 49 objectives in 98 Premier League video games for Chelsea. Only two gamers have reached 50 for the Blues in fewer than 100 video games – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (84) and Diego Costa (85).
João Pedro has scored and assisted in each of Chelsea’s Premier League video games this season, the primary participant to take action within the membership’s first two matches of a marketing campaign. The solely participant to attain and help in every of his first three appearances of a Premier League season is West Ham’s Michail Antonio in 2021-22.