Charlton Athletic 4-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Friday 26 December 2003

Result

Charlton Athletic 4-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Friday 26 December 2003, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Charlton Athletic 4-2 Chelsea: match report

Charlton Athletic defeated Chelsea 4-2 in the Premier League on Friday 26 December 2003. The half-time score was 2-1.

Hermann Hreidarsson opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Charlton Athletic's goals came from Hermann Hreidarsson (1'), Matt Holland (35'), Jonatan Johansson (48') and Jason Euell (53'). Chelsea scored through John Terry (10') and Eiður Guðjohnsen (73').

Discipline: Charlton Athletic received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Charlton Athletic were 7th on 24 points from 17 and Chelsea 3rd on 39 points from 17. Charlton Athletic went on to finish that season 7th with 53 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Charlton Athletic wins, 0 draws and 2 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Hermann HreidarssonCharlton Athletic · 1-0
  • 10'Goal · John TerryChelsea · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Scott ParkerCharlton Athletic
  • 33'Yellow card · Jesper GronkjaerChelsea
  • 35'Goal · Matt HollandCharlton Athletic · 2-1
  • 48'Goal · Jonatan JohanssonCharlton Athletic · 3-1
  • 53'Goal · Jason EuellCharlton Athletic · 4-1
  • 73'Goal · Eiður GuðjohnsenChelsea · 4-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Charlton Athletic 4, draws 0, Chelsea 2.