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Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal - January 20, 2013 / Premier League 2012/2013

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Premier League 2012/2013 - Round 23

Stamford Bridge - London - England

January 20, 2013 - 13:30

41 784

Chelsea

2 - 1

Arsenal

Assist by César AzpilicuetaJuan Manuel Mata

(penalty) Frank Lampard

16'

60'

Theo Walcott

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6' - Goal Juan Manuel Mata6

16' - Goal Frank Lampard16

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59' - Substitution Francis Coquelinis substituted by Aaron Ramsey

60' - Goal Theo Walcott

72' - Substitution Oscaris substituted by Ryan Bertrand72

75' - Substitution Abou Diabyis substituted by Andrey Arshavin

81' - Substitution Fernando Torresis substituted by Demba Ba81

88' - Substitution Eden Hazardis substituted by Marko Marin88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

2 - 1

Arsenal

Chelsea Arsenal

Team line-ups

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Torres81

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age28 years

H1m86

positionStriker

17Hazard88

Eden Hazard

Belgium

B.date07/01/1991

Age22 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11Oscar72

Oscar

Brazil

B.date09/09/1991

Age21 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

10Mata6

Juan Manuel Mata

Spain

B.date28/04/1988

Age24 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

8Lampard16

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age34 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

7Ramires

Ramires

Brazil

B.date24/03/1987

Age25 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

3Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age32 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

2Ivanovic

Branislav Ivanovic

Serbia

B.date22/02/1984

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

24Cahill

Gary Cahill

England

B.date19/12/1985

Age27 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

28Azpilicueta

César Azpilicueta

Spain

B.date28/08/1989

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

1Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age30 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Petr Cech		30	403	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Gary Cahill		27	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ashley Cole		32	292	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	César Azpilicueta		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Branislav Ivanovic		28	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard	16	34	583	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ramires		25	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Oscar	72	21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Eden Hazard	88	22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Juan Manuel Mata	6	24	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Fernando Torres	81	28	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

175

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

12Giroud

Olivier Giroud

France

B.date30/09/1986

Age26 years

H1m92

positionCentre forward

19Santi Cazorla

Santi Cazorla

Spain

B.date13/12/1984

Age28 years

H1m68

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

10Wilshere

Jack Wilshere

England

B.date01/01/1992

Age21 years

H1m72

positionBox-to-box midfielder

14Walcott60

Theo Walcott

England

B.date16/03/1989

Age23 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

22Coquelin59

Francis Coquelin

France

B.date13/05/1991

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

2Diaby75

Abou Diaby

France

B.date11/05/1986

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

28Gibbs

Kieran Gibbs

England

B.date26/09/1989

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

5Vermaelen

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

4Mertesacker

Per Mertesacker

Germany

B.date29/09/1984

Age28 years

H1m98

positionRight central defender

3Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age29 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Szczesny

Wojciech Szczesny

Poland

B.date18/04/1990

Age22 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Wojciech Szczesny		22	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Per Mertesacker		28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Thomas Vermaelen		27	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kieran Gibbs		23	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Bacary Sagna		29	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Francis Coquelin	59	21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Abou Diaby	75	26	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Jack Wilshere		21	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Theo Walcott	60	23	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Santi Cazorla		28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Olivier Giroud		26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

107

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
34	D	Ryan Bertrand	72	23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Marko Marin	88	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Demba Ba	81	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
16	M		Aaron Ramsey	59	22	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M		Andrey Arshavin	75	31	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Branislav Ivanovic

David Luiz

OUT

Fernando Torres

Demba Ba

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Benítez vs Arsenal

6 victories

6 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on January 20, 2013

Benítez vs Wenger

6 victories

6 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on January 20, 2013

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

934

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Chelsea

19 victories

12 draws

15 losses

Latest figure on January 20, 2013

Wenger vs Benítez

8 victories

6 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on January 20, 2013

Referee

Martin Atkinson

37 victories	12 draws	13 losses	Chelsea62 matches	General total	Arsenal68 matches	31 victories	13 draws	24 losses
2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Chelsea4 matches	Season total	Arsenal3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on March 10, 2022					Latest figure on February 24, 2022

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Key figures

Frank Lampard played his game number 30 vs Arsenal in his professional career with

Theo Walcott scored 5 goals vs Arsenal in his professional career

Chelsea keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 12/01/2013).

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DChelsea 0-0 Fulham28/11/2012

VChelsea 6-1 Nordsjaelland05/12/2012

VChelsea 8-0 Aston Villa23/12/2012

LChelsea 0-1 Queens Park Rangers02/01/2013

LChelsea 0-2 Swansea09/01/2013

DChelsea 2-2 Southampton16/01/2013

Overall

VEverton 1-2 Chelsea30/12/2012

LChelsea 0-1 Queens Park Rangers02/01/2013

VSouthampton 1-5 Chelsea05/01/2013

LChelsea 0-2 Swansea09/01/2013

VStoke City 0-4 Chelsea12/01/2013

DChelsea 2-2 Southampton16/01/2013

Current form

Away

LOlympiacos 2-1 Arsenal04/12/2012

DBradford 1-1 Arsenal11/12/2012

VReading 2-5 Arsenal17/12/2012

VWigan 0-1 Arsenal22/12/2012

DSouthampton 1-1 Arsenal01/01/2013

DSwansea 2-2 Arsenal06/01/2013

Overall

VWigan 0-1 Arsenal22/12/2012

VArsenal 7-3 Newcastle United29/12/2012

DSouthampton 1-1 Arsenal01/01/2013

DSwansea 2-2 Arsenal06/01/2013

LArsenal 0-2 Manchester City13/01/2013

VArsenal 1-0 Swansea16/01/2013

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	3	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	5	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	7	1
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

5	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	14
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	21
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
12	Victories (Competition total)	9
5	Victories (Home / Away)	4
6	Draws (Competition total)	7
4	Draws (Home / Away)	5
4	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

45	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
21	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
2.05	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.9
2.18	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.36
0.95	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.14
0.91	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.82

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

30	Yellow cards (Competition total)	20
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Fernando Torres	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Theo Walcott
Fernando Torres	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Santi Cazorla
Frank Lampard	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Mikel Arteta
Frank Lampard	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Mikel Arteta
Juan Manuel Mata	8 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Lukas Podolski
Juan Manuel Mata	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Lukas Podolski
Eden Hazard	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	6 goals, 5 assists during the last 11 matches	Theo Walcott

Historical head to head

Home

85 matches

30 v

28 d

27 l

108 gf

110 ga

Away

89 matches

22 v

24 d

43 l

116 gf

143 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

5 ga

Total

178 matches

55 v

52 d

71 l

230 gf

258 ga

Historical head to head

Home

89 matches

43 v

24 d

22 l

143 gf

116 ga

Away

85 matches

27 v

28 d

30 l

110 gf

108 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

5 gf

6 ga

Total

178 matches

71 v

52 d

55 l

258 gf

230 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 11, 1998
Home	3 - 0	September 27, 1969

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 29, 1930
Away	5 - 1	November 29, 1930

Latest head to head

September 29, 2012 - Premier League 2012/2013

Arsenal

1 - 2

Chelsea

April 21, 2012 - Premier League 2011/2012

Arsenal

0 - 0

Chelsea

October 29, 2011 - Premier League 2011/2012

Chelsea

3 - 5

Arsenal

December 27, 2010 - Premier League 2010/2011

Arsenal

3 - 1

Chelsea

October 03, 2010 - Premier League 2010/2011

Chelsea

2 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Didier Drogba	13 goals	2005 - 2010
Robert Tambling	10 goals	1960 - 1967
John Terry	5 goals	2001 - 2011
Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1958 - 1960
Frank Lampard	4 goals	2001 - 2011
Peter Osgood	4 goals	1966 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Thierry Henry	10 goals	2000 - 2004
Ray Kennedy	9 goals	1971 - 1974
Ian Wright	8 goals	1991 - 1997
Ted Drake	5 goals	1934 - 1935
Dennis Bergkamp	5 goals	1997 - 1999
Robin van Persie	5 goals	2008 - 2011

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

John Terry	31 matches	2001 - 2012
Frank Lampard	29 matches	2001 - 2011
Peter Bonetti	27 matches	1960 - 1979
Ron Harris	26 matches	1962 - 1979
John Hollins	21 matches	1964 - 1974
Gianfranco Zola	19 matches	1997 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Lee Dixon	27 matches	1988 - 2001
David Seaman	26 matches	1990 - 2003
Dennis Bergkamp	26 matches	1995 - 2005
Tony Adams	25 matches	1986 - 2002
Ray Parlour	23 matches	1994 - 2004
Peter Simpson	22 matches	1964 - 1977