BPL Arsenal VS Chealsea : Head to Head

Ahead of Monday's game, ESPNSTAR revisits the last eight Premier League clashes between Arsenal and Chelsea.

With a history that spans over a 100 years, Arsenal vs Chelsea has always been a fixture to whet any football fan's appetite, regardless of their affiliations. Of course, there's no prizes in tipping Didier Drogba to hit the back of the net, but some previous fixtures could be insightful for any fanatic looking to try to guess who will come up tops at the Emirates Stadium tonight.

2010-2011

Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal (October 3, 2010 at Stamford Bridge)

Goals (Chelsea): Didier Drogba, Alex

Arsenal fans were hand-in-head after this fixture after Didier Drogba single-handedly crushed their team again, scoring his 13th goal in as many games against Arsene Wenger's side.

For all of Arsenal's dominance in possession, they simply couldn't make it count where it mattered- on the score sheet- and the Ivorian made sure of the points to bring a smile to Carlo Ancelotti's face.

2009-2010

Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal (February 7, 2010 at Stamford Bridge)

Goals: Didier Drogba (2)

A ruthless Chelsea crushed Arsenal 2-0, with Drogba again notching a brace against the Gunners, and denied a hat-trick only by the crossbar 10 minutes from the final whistle.

Arsenal 0-3 Chelsea (November 29, 2009 at Emirates Stadium)

Goals (Chelsea): Didier Drogba (2), Thomas Vermaelen (og)

The Blues completely dominated Arsenal in this fixture, having repelled everything the Gunners threw at them, and crushing their hosts spirit with a two outstanding goals from Drogba. It was a night to forget for Thomas Vermaelen, who turned in a cross from Ashley Cole for an own goal.

There was some controversy though, as the referee disallowed a perfectly legal Andriy Arshavin goal, though whether or not that would have changed the final result is another matter altogether.

2008-2009

Arsenal 1-4 Chelsea (May 10, 2009 at Emirates Stadium)

Goals (Arsenal): Nicklas Bendtner

Goals (Chelsea): Alex, Nicolas Anelka, Kolo Toure (og), Florent Malouda

Chelsea consigned Arsenal to fourth place after this thumping win, and the result was also the heaviest defeat at the Emirates Stadium since their move from Highbury.

Arguably Arsenal were the more creative of the two sides, but with goals the main point in football, Chelsea's clinical finishing showed the gulf between the two sides.

Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal (November 30, 2008 at Stamford Bridge)

Goals (Chelsea): Johan Djourou (og)

Goals (Arsenal): Robin van Persie (2)

Robin van Persie showed his class as Arsenal overcame a Johan Djourou own-goal to record a stunning win at Stamford Bridge. The Dutchman scored a brace to give Wenger's men the victory.

2007-2008

Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal (March 23, 2008 at Stamford Bridge)

Goals (Chelsea): Didier Drogba (2)

Goals (Arsenal): Bacary Sagna

Arsene Wenger will still be gnashing at his teeth when he recalls this fixture- the Blues were there for the taking but his boys simply did not rise to the occasion, even despite a rare Bacary Sagna header that gave the Gunners a lead they could not keep.

No surprises on who was on the scorers list as Didier Drogba scored with a thumping low shot in the 72nd and then a lucky effort to seal the deal in the last ten minutes of the match.

Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea (December 16, 2007 at Emirates Stadium)

Goals (Arsenal): William Gallas

The Gunners celebrated a rare victory over the Blues and could have won by a far larger margin had two goals not been ruled out in the dying moments of the match.

2006-2007

Arsenal1-1 Chelsea (May 6, 2007 at Emirates Stadium)

Goals (Arsenal): Gilberto Silva (pen)

Goals (Chelsea): Micahel Essien

Jose Mourinho's 10-man Chelsea fought back from a goal down to escape with a draw from the Emirates Stadium. Khaled Boulahrouz was sent-off in the first-half and Gilberto Silva put the Gunners ahead from the spot. But Michael Essien restored parity for the Blues in late in the second-half.