Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 15 March 2009
Result
Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City
Premier League · Sunday 15 March 2009, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City: match report
Chelsea defeated Manchester City 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 15 March 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Michael Essien of Chelsea in the 17th minute.
Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 58 points from 28 and Manchester City 10th on 35 points from 28. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Manchester City 10th with 50.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Manchester City in a 4-4-2.
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-W-D-L and Manchester City's W-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Michael Essien
- 29'Yellow card · Elano
- 75'Yellow card · Ched Evans
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-1-4-1)
Petr Čech, Alex, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole
Manchester City line-up (4-4-2)
Shay Given, Micah Richards, Nedum Onuoha, Pablo Zabaleta, Richard Dunne, Wayne Bridge, Stephen Ireland, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Robinho, Felipe Caicedo, Elano