FootballEdgeSeason 2026/27Self-updating record
Full time · Premier League · Sun 06 Sep 2026, 16:30 UTC

Arsenal 21 Chelsea

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What the chances were worth

Arsenal
2.05
expected goals (xG)
Chelsea
0.39
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 2–1; by chance quality the match ran 2.05–0.39.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Arsenal
52%
Draw
26%
Chelsea
22%

The model made Arsenal to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 52% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Arsenal created the better chances — the xG read 2–0.4 and the shot count agreed (16–13, 9–5 on target). Arsenal got into the box far more often (13 shots inside it to 5). On the balance of chances, the 2–1 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Arsenal
Chelsea
55%
Ball Possession
45%
16
Total Shots
13
9
Shots on Goal
5
1
Shots off Goal
6
6
Blocked Shots
2
13
Shots inside box
5
3
Shots outside box
8
5
Corner Kicks
3
3
Offsides
0
457
Total passes
379
385
Passes accurate
309
13
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
4
Goalkeeper Saves
8
16
Free Kicks
13

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Arsenal
56%
market implied · price 1.72 · opened 56%
Draw
25%
market implied · price 3.85 · opened 25%
Chelsea
19%
market implied · price 4.92 · opened 19%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Arsenal or draw1.1980.0%-0.7 pts
Double chance Chelsea or draw2.1544.3%+0.3 pts
Double chance either team1.2575.8%+0.5 pts
Draw no bet — Arsenal1.2773.3%-0.3 pts
Draw no bet — Chelsea3.5026.7%+0.3 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.2475.7%+0.6 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.7654.2%+1.4 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.7534.0%+1.6 pts
Both teams to score1.7254.0%+0.4 pts
Arsenal over 1.5 team goals1.7155.0%+0.1 pts
Chelsea over 1.5 team goals3.4327.4%+0.5 pts
Arsenal clean sheet2.3839.1%+1.2 pts
Chelsea clean sheet5.5017.2%-0.7 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 6.85 · 1-0 7.16 · 2-1 7.86 · 2-0 8.46 · 0-0 12.10

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-09-06 15:00 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
01 Mar 26Arsenal2-1Chelsea
30 Nov 25Chelsea1-1Arsenal