Chelsea 2-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 10 September 2005

Result

Chelsea 2-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 10 September 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Chelsea 2-0 Sunderland: match report

Chelsea defeated Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 September 2005. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Geremi N'Djitap Fotso opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Geremi N'Djitap Fotso (54') and Didier Drogba (82'). Sunderland did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 12 points from 4 and Sunderland 20th on 0 points from 4. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Sunderland 20th with 15.

Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

54'Goal · Geremi N'Djitap FotsoChelsea · 1-0
59'Yellow card · Joe ColeChelsea
82'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 2-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Chelsea 3, draws 1, Sunderland 2.

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Chelsea 2-4 SunderlandPremier League · 16 Mar 2001
Sunderland 1-0 ChelseaPremier League · 13 Oct 2000

Team news

Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)

Petr Čech, Del Horno, William Gallas, John Terry, Michael Essien, F. Lampard, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Arjen Robben, Hernán Jorge Crespo, Eiður Guðjohnsen

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Kelvin Davis, Gary Breen, Nyron Nosworthy, Justin Hoyte, Dean Whitehead, Julio Arca, Jon Stead, Stephen Elliott, Tommy Miller, Alan Stubbs, Christian Bassila