Chelsea 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Chelsea 2-1 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 21 October 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Chelsea defeated Portsmouth 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 October 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Andriy Shevchenko opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Andriy Shevchenko (55') and Michael Ballack (57'). Portsmouth scored through Benjamin Mwaruwari (69').

Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 19 points from 8 and Portsmouth 4th on 16 points from 8. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Portsmouth 9th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 0 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Portsmouth's W-L-L-W-W.