Arsenal v Chelsea

Premier League, game week 3 — Sunday, 6 September 2026, kick-off 16:30 UK time

Step 2 of 4 — Home and away form.

What this step says

+1.05 points a game is the venue form gap, in Arsenal's favour: Arsenal takes 2.50 a game at home over the last two seasons, Chelsea 1.45 away.

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Arsenal: 40 league matches in the bank, 2 from this season and the rest from last season. Chelsea: 40 league matches in the bank, 2 from this season and the rest from last season.

Step two is HOME AND AWAY FORM -- the home side judged on its home record, the away side on its away record, because those are the records that will be on the pitch. The last five reach back into last season where this season is too young to answer, and say so.

The two sides

Arsenal -- at home

Its record at the relevant venue: This season at home: won 1, drew 0, lost 0 of 1, scoring 3 and conceding 0. Last season at home: won 15, drew 2, lost 2 of 19, scoring 41 and conceding 11 -- 2.47 points a game.
Its last five league matches: Newest first: beat Aston Villa 1-0 away; beat Coventry City 3-0 at home; beat Crystal Palace 2-1 away; beat Burnley 1-0 at home; beat West Ham United 1-0 away. The last 3 of these are from last season.
The dugout: Every one of the 40 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Mikel Arteta Amatriain. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.

Chelsea -- away

Its record at the relevant venue: This season away: won 1, drew 0, lost 0 of 1, scoring 3 and conceding 2. Last season away: won 7, drew 5, lost 7 of 19, scoring 32 and conceding 27 -- 1.37 points a game.
Its last five league matches: Newest first: beat Brighton & Hove Albion 4-3 at home; beat Fulham 3-2 away; lost to Sunderland 1-2 away; beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at home; drew with Liverpool 1-1 away. The last 3 of these are from last season.
The dugout: The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 4 different managers took its 38 matches with one recorded (17, 13, 6, 2 apiece), most recently Xabier Alonso Olano with 2. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.

Built 06:40 from matches completed before kick-off. Every figure is an observed count with its denominator — not a forecast, and nothing here is a tip or a selection.