Chelsea 6-0 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 27 October 2007
Result
Chelsea 6-0 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 27 October 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Chelsea 6-0 Manchester City: match report
Chelsea defeated Manchester City 6-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 October 2007. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Michael Essien opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Michael Essien (16'), Didier Drogba (31'), Didier Drogba (55'), Joe Cole (60'), S. Kalou (75') and Andriy Shevchenko (90'). Manchester City did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 7th on 18 points from 10 and Manchester City 3rd on 22 points from 10. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Manchester City 9th with 55.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 1 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-D-L-D and Manchester City's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Michael Essien
- 26'Yellow card · Michael Essien
- 29'Yellow card · Frank Lampard
- 29'Yellow card · Micah Richards
- 31'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 44'Yellow card · Michael Johnson
- 55'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 60'Goal · Joe Cole
- 75'Goal · S. Kalou
- 90'Goal · Andriy Shevchenko
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé
Manchester City line-up (4-5-1)
Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Vedran Ćorluka, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Johnson, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Dietmar Hamann, Georgios Samaras, Elano