Bordeaux 1-1 Chelsea: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 26 November 2008

Result

Bordeaux 1-1 Chelsea

Champions League · Wednesday 26 November 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bordeaux 1-1 Chelsea: match report

Bordeaux drew with Chelsea 1-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 26 November 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Bordeaux's goal came from Alou Diarra (83'). Chelsea scored through Nicolas Anelka (60').

Discipline: Bordeaux received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bordeaux were 36th on 6 points from 4 and Chelsea 25th on 7 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Bordeaux lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bordeaux wins, 0 draws and 1 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Bordeaux's last five read W-W-L-L and Chelsea's L-W-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Yoann GourcuffBordeaux
  • 22'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 27'Yellow card · Frank LampardChelsea
  • 30'Yellow card · Ashley ColeChelsea
  • 55'Yellow card · Franck JuriettiBordeaux
  • 60'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 0-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Joe ColeChelsea
  • 83'Goal · Alou DiarraBordeaux · 1-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Marouane ChamakhBordeaux
  • 86'Second yellow · Frank LampardChelsea

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Bordeaux 0, draws 0, Chelsea 1.

Team news

Bordeaux line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mathieu Valverde, Franck Jurietti, Souleymane Diawara, Marc Planus, Fernando, Yoan Gouffran, Yoann Gourcuff, Wendel, Marouane Chamakh, Alou Diarra, Matthieu Chalmé

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé