Chelsea 2-1 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2009

Result

Chelsea 2-1 Stoke City

Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Chelsea 2-1 Stoke City: match report

Chelsea defeated Stoke City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 January 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

Rory Delap opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Juliano Belletti (88') and Frank Lampard (90'). Stoke City scored through Rory Delap (60').

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 42 points from 21 and Stoke City 17th on 21 points from 21. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Stoke City 12th with 45.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Chelsea win, 0 draws and 0 for Stoke City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Amdy FayeStoke City
  • 60'Goal · Rory DelapStoke City · 0-1
  • 88'Goal · Juliano BellettiChelsea · 1-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Dave KitsonStoke City
  • 90'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Glenn WhelanStoke City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Chelsea 1, draws 0, Stoke City 0.

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

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

Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Ibrahima Sonko, Salif Diao, Amdy Faye, Mamady Sidibé, Dave Kitson, Rory Delap