Chelsea 5-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 November 2008

Result

Chelsea 5-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 1 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

Chelsea · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Chelsea 5-0 Sunderland: match report

Chelsea beat Sunderland 5-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 November 2008. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Alex opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Alex (27'), Nicolas Anelka (30'), Nicolas Anelka (45+1'), Frank Lampard (51') and Nicolas Anelka (53'). Sunderland did not score.

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

Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 23 points from 10 and Sunderland 11th on 12 points from 10. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · AlexChelsea · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Teemu TainioSunderland
  • 45+1'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 3-0
  • 51'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 4-0
  • 53'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 5-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 7, draws 1, Sunderland 2.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Alex, José Bosingwa, Branislav Ivanović, John Terry, Ashley Cole, John Mikel Obi, Joe Cole, Petr Čech, F. Lampard, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka

Sunderland expected line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Kieran Richardson, George McCartney, Anton Ferdinand, Danny Collins, Pascal Chimbonda, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Djibril Cissé, El-Hadji Diouf