Chelsea 2-2 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2011
Result
Chelsea 2-2 Newcastle United
Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2011, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Chelsea 2-2 Newcastle United: match report
Chelsea drew with Newcastle United 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 15 May 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Branislav Ivanović opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Branislav Ivanović (2') and Alex (83'). Newcastle United scored through Jonás Gutiérrez (10') and Steven Taylor (90+3').
Discipline: Chelsea received 4 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 70 points from 36 and Newcastle United 12th on 44 points from 36. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 71 points, and Newcastle United 12th with 46.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 1 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Newcastle United's W-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Branislav Ivanović
- 9'Yellow card · John Terry
- 10'Goal · Jonás Gutiérrez
- 45+2'Yellow card · Ramires
- 58'Yellow card · Frank Lampard
- 60'Yellow card · Branislav Ivanović
- 73'Yellow card · Danny Simpson
- 82'Yellow card · José Enrique
- 83'Goal · Alex
- 90+3'Goal · Steven Taylor
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, José Bosingwa, Florent Malouda, Ramires, John Mikel Obi, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Tim Krul, José Enrique, Danny Simpson, Ryan Taylor, Steven Taylor, Jonás Gutiérrez, Shane Ferguson, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Shola Ameobi, Fabricio Coloccini, Joey Barton