Match Report
Arsenal edged past Chelsea 2-1 on 6 September 2026. Morgan Rogers opened the scoring inside the first 2 minutes for Chelsea, set up by Jorrel Hato, to make it 1-0. Kai Havertz levelled it in the 25th minute for Arsenal, set up by Declan Rice, to make it 1-1. Martin Ødegaard put Arsenal in front 50 minutes into the game, set up by Christos Tzolis, to make it 2-1. João Pedro (14'), Cole Palmer (45'), Christos Tzolis (58') and Maxence Lacroix (58') were booked. The rating gap is a wide one: our current Elo ratings have Arsenal 319 points stronger than Chelsea. On current ratings the model favours Arsenal at 82.6% in this pairing, and Arsenal won this one.