Chelsea 2-4 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 February 2010

Result

Chelsea 2-4 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 27 February 2010, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Chelsea 2-4 Manchester City: match report

Chelsea lost to Manchester City 2-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 February 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.

Frank Lampard opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Frank Lampard (42') and Frank Lampard (90', penalty). Manchester City scored through C. Tevez (44'), Craig Bellamy (51'), C. Tevez (76', penalty) and Craig Bellamy (87').

Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 61 points from 27 and Manchester City 5th on 46 points from 26. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Manchester City 5th with 67.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 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-L-W-D-W and Manchester City's D-D-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · C. TevezManchester City · 1-1
  • 48'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 49'Yellow card · Pablo ZabaletaManchester City
  • 51'Goal · Craig BellamyManchester City · 1-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Branislav IvanovićChelsea
  • 68'Yellow card · Michael BallackChelsea
  • 75'Red card · BellettiChelsea
  • 76'Penalty goal · C. TevezManchester City · 1-3
  • 81'Second yellow · Michael BallackChelsea
  • 87'Goal · Craig BellamyManchester City · 1-4
  • 90'Penalty goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 8, draws 1, Manchester City 1.

Team news

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

Petr Čech, John Terry, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, Florent Malouda, John Mikel Obi, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole, Juliano Haus Belletti

Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Shay Given, Wayne Bridge, Joleon Lescott, Pablo Zabaleta, Kolo Touré, Nigel de Jong, Gareth Barry, Stephen Ireland, Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Alberto Tevez