Chelsea 3-0 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 August 2009

Result

Chelsea 3-0 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 29 August 2009, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 3-0 Burnley: match report

Chelsea beat Burnley 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 August 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Nicolas Anelka (44'), Michael Ballack (47') and Ashley Cole (52'). Burnley did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Burnley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 9 points from 3 and Burnley 7th on 6 points from 3. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Burnley 18th with 30.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Michael BallackChelsea · 2-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Tyrone MearsBurnley
  • 52'Goal · Ashley ColeChelsea · 3-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Petr Čech, John Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, John Mikel Obi, Michael Essien, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba