Chelsea 1-1 FC Barcelona: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 6 May 2009

Result

Chelsea 1-1 FC Barcelona

Champions League · Wednesday 6 May 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 1-1 FC Barcelona: match report

Chelsea drew with FC Barcelona 1-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 6 May 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Michael Essien opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Chelsea's goal came from Michael Essien (9'). FC Barcelona scored through Andrés Iniesta (90+3').

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

Going into the game Chelsea were 7th on 20 points from 11 and FC Barcelona 1st on 25 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 2 for FC Barcelona.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-D-W-D-W and FC Barcelona's D-D-W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Michael EssienChelsea · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Dani AlvesFC Barcelona
  • 66'Red card · Eric AbidalFC Barcelona
  • 74'Yellow card · Michael EssienChelsea
  • 77'Yellow card · AlexChelsea
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Samuel Eto'oFC Barcelona
  • 90+3'Goal · Andrés IniestaFC Barcelona · 1-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Andrés IniestaFC Barcelona
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Michael BallackChelsea
  • 90+9'Yellow card · Didier DrogbaChelsea

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Chelsea 2, draws 3, FC Barcelona 2.

Team news

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

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

FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)

Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen