Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 April 2008
Result
Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United
Premier League · Saturday 26 April 2008, 11:50 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United: match report
Chelsea drew with Manchester United 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 April 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Michael Ballack opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Michael Ballack (45') and Michael Ballack (86', penalty). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (56').
Discipline: Chelsea received 4 yellow cards; Manchester United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 78 points from 35 and Manchester United 1st on 80 points from 35. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Manchester United 1st with 87.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 3 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Manchester United's D-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 45'Goal · Michael Ballack
- 45'Yellow card · Michael Ballack
- 53'Yellow card · Wes Brown
- 56'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 77'Yellow card · John Mikel Obi
- 86'Penalty goal · Michael Ballack
- 86'Yellow card · Michael Ballack
- 86'Yellow card · Edwin van der Sar
- 88'Yellow card · Didier Drogba
- 90+2'Yellow card · Rio Ferdinand
- 90+2'Yellow card · Owen Hargreaves
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira, John Terry, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Michael Ballack, Didier Drogba, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Joe Cole
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha