Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal Highlights, English Premier League: 10-Man Blues Seal London Derby Draw Against Gunners

Hello, football fans! This is the start of our live blog for Arsenal’s visit to Stamford Bridge for the London Derby against Chelsea. Stay tuned for pre-match updates and line-ups as they are released.

• Fixture: Chelsea vs Arsenal, Matchday 13

• Venue: Stamford Bridge, London

• Date: Sunday, November 30, 2025

• Time: 10:00 PM IST

• Live Streaming: JioHotstar

• Live Telecast: Star Sports Select 1, Star Sports Select HD 1, Star Sports Hindi 1, Star Sports Hindi HD 1

• Matches played: 211

• Chelsea wins: 66

• Arsenal wins: 84

• Draws: 61

Last season results:

• Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea (March 2025)

• Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal (November 2024)

Starting XI: Robert Sanchez; Malo Gusto, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella; Reece James (c), Moises Caicedo, Estevao, Enzo Fernandez, Pedro Neto; Joao Pedro.

Bench: Filip Jorgensen (gk), Josh Acheampong, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Andrey Santos, Cole Palmer, Jamie Gittens, Alejandro Garnacho, Liam Delap.

Starting XI: David Raya; Jurrien Timber, Christhian Mosquera, Piero Hincapie, Riccardo Calafiori; Eberechi Eze, Martin Zubimendi, Declan Rice; Bukayo Saka (c), Mikel Merino, Gabriel Martinelli.

Bench: Kepa Arrizabalaga (gk), Myles Lewis-Skelly, Ben White, Martin Odegaard, Christian Norgaard, Ethan Nwaneri, Noni Madueke, Viktor Gyokeres, Gabriel Jesus.

Referee Anthony Taylor blows his whistle, and Arsenal get tonight's top-of-the-table London Derby underway at Stamford Bridge. Stay tuned!

Just four minutes in, and it has been a busy night for Anthony Taylor. There have been a number of crunching tackles already, with Rice committing the latest one. Just a minute later, Zubimendi blatantly body checks James and earns a very early yellow card.

The physical nature of the game continues as Cucurella lunges into Saka, taking the Arsenal forward down for the second time tonight. The referee brings out the yellow card again.

What a chance for Chelsea!! Another foray into the Gunners box by Pedro Neto, and the loose balls falls to Estavao. The Brazilian, right at the penalty spot, has a wild shot that flies into the Stamford Bridge stands.

Chelsea have kept up the pressure on Arsenal's box, with Fernandez almost breaking through but for a crucial tackle from Timber. Estevao tries to make a solo run into the Arsenal box before trying to play a cross, but it's held on to by Raya. Meanwhile, Calafiori becomes the second Arsenal player to be booked after a bad foul.

Another brilliant piece of football from Chelsea. Gusto plays it to Estevao, and the Brazilian cuts inside before laying it off for Enzo Fernandez to have a first-time effort. Raya makes a comfortable save, but the pressure is mounting.

Caicedo is late by ages when making a challenge on Merino, and stamps him on the foot. The tackle looks really bad in slow motion, and the Gunners bench are up in arms about. VAR is taking a look at the incident. After some treatment, both players are eventually okay to continue.

VAR asks Anthony Taylor to come to the pitch-side monitor and take a look at the incident. In slow motion, the challenge looks extremely dangerous and almost a leg-breaker. The referee has a long, hard look at it, and shows a straight red to Caicedo for 'excessive force'. Chelsea are down to 10 men!!

The hot-tempered nature of the derby continues as Hincapie earns a booking for an elbow in the face of Chalobah, becoming the fourth Arsenal player to see yellow tonight. Is there another red card in this match?

Brilliant link-up play betwen Eze and Rice, with the later having a one-two with Martinelli in front of the Chelsea box. Martinelli finally let fly from the edge of the penalty area, and Sanchez gets down quickly to make a terrific save.

The referee blows his whistle for half-time, and it has been zesty and feisty, with a lot of yellow cards and one red. However, there have been no goals so far, with both sides having good chances to break the deadlock, though none have been taken.

Matches between Arsenal and Chelsea are referred to as a London derby. The Arsenal v Chelsea match is not the only London derby, as the name is also used generically for all the matches involving the North London clubs (Arsenal and Tottenham), West London clubs (Brentford, Chelsea, and Fulham), South London's Crystal Palace, and East London's West Ham. Charlton, Millwall, and QPR are also some other big London clubs.

These London derbies – especially the big ones like the North London derby (Arsenal vs Spurs) are intensely fought and are heated fixtures due to their geographic proximities as well as midtable to title ambitions.

We are back at the Bridge as Chelsea get the second half underway. There's a chance apiece for both sides, as Chelesa bring on Garnacho for his 100th Premier League appearance in place of Estevao. Arsenal bring on Lewis-Skelly to replace the booked Calafiori.

Chalobah scores from the corner, and 10-man Chelsea take the lead!! It was a terrific corner from James, and Chalobah rises over Rice to gently flick it towards the ungaurded far corner to find the back of the net. This is Chalobah's third goal of the league season, and all of them have come from corner kicks.

Lewis-Skelly, who has been on the field for just nine minutes, gets himself on the referee's book for body-checking James. Meanwhile, Chelsea make another change, bringing on Delap in place of Joao Pedro.

The 11 men of Arsenal are back on level term as Merino heads the ball past Sanchez and into the back of the net. It was some brilliant play from Saka, who took on Cucurella and floated in an inch-perfect cross. Merino, who has the habit of being in the right place in the right time, judged the flight of the ball perfectly to bury it past the goalkeeper.

We are past the half-way mark of the second half, and the game has turned really scrappy, which will suit Chelsea just fine. Arsenal manage to win a corner, which is floated into the box by Saka towards the near post, but it's straight into the gloves of Sanchez.

Arsenal keep pushing and pushing, with Saka having another one of his tame efforts being saved by Sanchez.

There is a scrappy nature to this contest that the hosts are taking full advantage of. Neto floats in a ball into the Gunners box from a free-kick, and Delap has a shot from outside the box that has Raya at full stretch. Saka counters immediately and has another shot off target.

Chelsea are trying to stop the flow of the match whenever they can. Malo Gusto wins possession with an excellent tackle and gets it back from Neto. The full-back then floats in a cross towards the far post where Garnacho attacks it but manages to send it into the advertising boards.

The four added minutes have flown by, with Gunners' relentless attack failing in front of a resolute Chelsea defence. Credit to Sanchez for a crunch double save he made at the death, and the 10-man hosts take a crucial point from Arsenal, whose title charge takes a hit tonight.