Chelsea 1-0 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 10 March 2012
Result
Chelsea 1-0 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 10 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Chelsea 1-0 Stoke City: match report
Chelsea defeated Stoke City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Didier Drogba of Chelsea in the 68th minute.
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 5th on 46 points from 27 and Stoke City 9th on 36 points from 27. Chelsea went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Stoke City 14th with 45.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 0 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Stoke City's W-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Salif Diao
- 19'Yellow card · John Mikel Obi
- 25'Red card · Ricardo Fuller
- 38'Yellow card · M. Wilson
- 68'Goal · Didier Drogba
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, David Luiz, Branislav Ivanović, John Terry, Juan Mata, Raúl Meireles, Ramires, Oriol Romeu, Didier Drogba, Daniel Sturridge
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Huth, Matthew Upson, Danny Higginbotham, Andy Wilkinson, Wilson Palacios, Salif Diao, Kenwyne Jones, Cameron Jerome, Rory Delap