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Arsenal — Chelsea 2:1

EPL · 6 Sep 2026 · season 2026/27

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Score2:1
Home xG2.81Arsenal
Away xG0.43Chelsea
Expected points2.69 : 0.21

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Arsenal was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

TeamGoalsxGGoals − xGExpected points
Arsenal22.81−0.82.69
Chelsea10.43+0.60.21

How it fits the season

Arsenal: +2.2 for the season (2 in the table). Chelsea: +0.9 (10). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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