Chelsea vs. Arsenal: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Clashing for the third time in 2026 already, Arsenal and Chelsea butt heads in a Premier League London derby at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon, as the two capital titans close out the next gameweek in a mouth-watering 4.30pm kickoff.

The Gunners come into the weekend five points clear of Manchester City at the summit of the Premier League table, although their title rivals still have a game in hand and will cut the gap down to two points by beating Leeds United the day before.

However, Mikel Arteta's men returned to their merciless ways in the capital last weekend, brushing aside North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-1 success thanks to Viktor Gyokeres and Eberechi Eze's braces.

On the other side of the London coin, Liam Rosenior's 10-man Chelsea dropped points at home to a newly-promoted side for the second gameweek running, shipping a late leveller in a 1-1 stalemate with Scott Parker's Burnley to remain three points below Manchester United in fourth.

Ahead of Sunday's must-see encounter, Sports Mole takes a closer look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between Arsenal and Chelsea.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 214

Chelsea wins: 66

Draws: 61

Arsenal wins: 87

Always an eagerly-anticipated London derby and one that first took place back in 1907 - when Arsenal were prefixed with Woolwich - there have now been 214 meetings between the Gunners and Chelsea in all tournaments.

The head-to-head edge belongs to the men in red and white, as Arsenal have conquered Chelsea 87 times while suffering 66 defeats, and the two capital outfits have shaken hands on a draw on 61 occasions.

With the Blues experiencing a couple of years of decline and Arsenal rising from the ashes under Arteta, the Gunners have asserted their dominance over Chelsea in recent times, going unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games against them and their last 10 in all tournaments.

That streak includes a 5-0 humiliation at the Emirates during the final few weeks of the 2023-24 season, where Kai Havertz bagged a brace against his old team, before Mikel Merino's header settled a tight and tetchy contest in March 2025.

The Gunners also defeated Chelsea over two legs of an EFL Cup semi-final tie in 2025-26, winning 3-2 in the first leg at Stamford Bridge before recording a 1-0 win in the reverse fixture, sealing their place at Wembley for the final.

The three aberrations in that sequence were a 1-1 draw in West London in November 2024, an identical result in November 2025 a 2-2 stalemate at Stamford Bridge in October 2023, prior to which Arsenal defeated Chelsea 3-1 at the Emirates (May 2023), 1-0 away from home (November 2022) and 4-2 at the Bridge (April 2022).

Not since the second gameweek of the 2021-22 season have Chelsea got one over their London rivals, earning a 2-0 Emirates victory thanks to Romelu Lukaku and Reece James, and they have to go all the way back to August 2018 for their last home win against Arsenal.

Also familiar foes at Wembley, Arsenal and Chelsea clashed in the 2017 and 2020 FA Cup finals - both of which were won by the Gunners - but the Blues denied Unai Emery's side an elusive continental crown with a 4-1 Europa League final demolition in the 2018-19 season.

Arsenal's perennial nemesis during his time in the Premier League, Didier Drogba scored an unrivalled 13 goals in this fixture, while Thierry Henry and ex-Chelsea Bobby Tamling boast 10 efforts of their own in this London derby.