Arsenal have won four of their last five Premier League games against Chelsea (L1), as many as they had in their previous 23 against the Blues (D6 L13).
Chelsea won this exact fixture 2-0 last season – only once in the Premier League have they won consecutive visits to Arsenal, doing so in May and November 2009.
Arsenal are looking to win three consecutive Premier League games against Chelsea for the first time since February 2004. Indeed, they could achieve their second league double in three seasons against the Blues, having done so just once in the previous 20 campaigns beforehand (2003-04).
Arsenal have never lost a midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League game against Chelsea, winning four and drawing six. This is the first such meeting at the Emirates Stadium since a 2-2 draw in January 2018.
Only Southampton have kept fewer home clean sheets than Arsenal (3) in the Premier League this season. However, the Gunners have only failed to score in one of their 16 at the Emirates so far this term (0-0 v Newcastle in January).
Chelsea have lost all five matches in all competitions since Frank Lampard’s return to the club, their worst losing run since a six-game run in October/November 1993. The Blues have lost 19 games in total this season, last losing 20 in a single campaign in 1987-88.
Chelsea have lost 11 of their 26 Premier League matches since Thomas Tuchel departed (W7 D8), as many as they lost in their 63 games under the German between January 2021 and September 2022 (W35 D17 L11).
Arsenal forward Leandro Trossard scored against Chelsea in Brighton's 4-1 win in October this season. Only two players have ever scored against the Blues with two different clubs in the same Premier League campaign – Gary Speed in 1997-98 (Everton and Newcastle) and Dean Windass in 2000-01 (Bradford and Middlesbrough).
Mikel Arteta's first ever defeat as Arsenal manager was against Chelsea in his first home game in charge (second overall). Since then, he's won five of his seven meetings with the Blues in all competitions (D1 L1), though three of those wins have been at Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka has been directly involved in 16 goals in his 16 Premier League home games this season (9 goals, 7 assists). He's both scored and assisted a goal in three different games at the Emirates in the competition this season, with Alexis Sánchez the last Gunners player to do so more in a single