Chelsea key facts and stats ahead of clash with Arsenal on Sunday

A clash between first and second awaits us on Sunday as league leaders Arsenal to visit Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea in what should prove to be a mouth-watering clash. Here are all of the stats and facts ahead of Sunday's game. 

Enzo Maresca's side are 12 games into the premier league campaign and although they undertook a shorter 3 week pre-season having won the Club World Cup find themselves second in the premier league table sitting on 23 points. 

The Gunners, managed by Mikel Arteta find themselves sitting at the top of the premier league table on 29 points heading into Sunday's game.

Head to Head

The Blues have played more games against Arsenal (211) than any other club in the premier league, 12 more than Liverpool and 13 more against Manchester United. The fixture on Sunday will mark the Blues 98th meeting at Stamford Bridge in all competitions. 

The last home win against the Gunners came back in August 2018 where Chelsea managed by Maurizio Sarri won 3-2.

The Gunners have lost only one of their last 11 matches against Chelsea winning seven and drawing three. The last defeat for the Gunners came back in August 2021 at the Emirates where goals in the first half from Romelu Lukaku and Reece James gave Chelsea a 2-0 win and secure three points. 

Arsenals current long game winning streak of 7 games against the Blues is their longest in the league since a 19 game winning streak between 1995 and 2005. 

Having won five consecutive times between 2013 and 2017 against the Gunners, the Blues have failed to register a win in their last six in the competition against Arsenal with three draws and three defeats.

Chelsea head to head against the Gunners in all competitions 

Played 211 games 

Won 66

Drawn 81

Lost 84

Last five meetings at Stamford Bridge 

12th May 2021 - Premier League 1-0 L

on the opening day of the season.

20th April 2022 - Premier League 4-2 L goals from Werner and Azpiliqueta

6th November 2022 - Premier League 1-0 L

21st October 2023 - Premier League 2-2 D goals from Mudryk and Palmer penalty

10th November 2024 - Premier League 1-1 D goal from Neto 

Biggest win for each team 

Chelsea 6-0 Premier League 2013/14

Arsenal 5-0 Premier League 2023/24

The Gunners biggest win at Stamford Bridge came back in 1930/31 when they won 5-1 in the old first division. 

Chelsea stats 

The Blues have won five out of their last six games winning three consecutive matches in the league for the first time whilst keeping a clean sheet for the first time since March 2022.

The Blues also have an impressive record whereby they have lost two out of their last 16 games in the Premier League which includes 11 wins and 3 draws. Should the Blues win on Sunday then this will be their 12th league win of 2025. The last time this was beaten was in 2017 when they won 16 games resulting in them crowned premier league champions. 

Chelsea have the second lowest  premier league points tally (43.5%) from their home games with only Tottenham with 28% earning a lower share of points from their home games. 

The Blues have gone onto open the scoring in each of their last 7 premier league games and have only failed to score in one league game this season; that being a 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace at home on the opening day of the season. 

Heading into the weekend, only Manchester City and Arsenal with 24 goals a piece have scored more goals than Chelsea (23), Only the Gunners (6), Crystal Palace (9) and Manchester City (10) have conceded less goals in the season than Chelsea (11). 

The Blues have lost one of their last 12 premier league game London derbies hosted at Stamford Bridge with their last defeat coming on Boxing Day to West London rivals Fulham losing 2-1. 

Chelsea are just the second team in the history of the premier league to go 50 consecutive games without a player aged 30 or older in their starting line-up after Aston Villa between September 2012 and January 2014. The Blues have the youngest starting line-up in the premier league this season with an average age of 24 years and 170 days. 

Enzo Fernandez became the first Blue to register double figures for both goals (11) and assists (11) across all competitions in 2025.

Goal involvements in 2025   

Enzo Fernandez - 22

Pedro Neto - 16

Cole Palmer - 15

Tyrique George - 12

Joao Pedro - 10

Marc Cucurella - 9

Reece James - 9 

Pedro Neto has 5 goal involvements in his last five premier league appearances with three goals and two assists. 

Premier league scorers 

Enzo Fernandez - 4 (1 pen)

Joao Pedro - 4

Pedro Neto - 4

Moises Caicedo - 3

Trevoh Chalobah - 2

Josh Acheampong - 1

Estevao Willian - 1

Alejandro Garnacho - 1

Malo Gusto - 1

Reece James - 1

Cole Palmer - 1

Premier league assists 

Joao Pedro - 3

Marc Cucurella - 2

Alejandro Garnacho - 2

Reece James - 2

Pedro Neto - 2

Estevao Willian - 1

Enzo Fernandez - 1

Jamie Gittens - 1

Marc Guiu - 1

Malo Gusto - 1

Milestones 

Blues boss Enzo Maresca took charge of his 50th Premier League away to Burnley in the Blues most recent outing. His record is 27 wins, 11 draws and 12 defeats. Under Enzo Maresca Chelsea have scored 87 goals, conceded 54 and kept 17 clean sheets. 

Alejandro Garnacho will make his 100th Premier League appearance, becoming the 19th Argentinian to reach that landmark having made 93 appearances for Manchester United along with 7 appearances for Chelsea. Garnacho provided two assists in a Premier League game for the first time in his career in his 99th match against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Malo Gusto made his 100th Chelsea appearance across all competitions in the Blues 3-0 win over Barcelona in the champions league on Tuesday.