Chelsea 1-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 14 January 2012
Result
Chelsea 1-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 14 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 1-0 Sunderland: match report
Chelsea beat Sunderland 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 January 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Frank Lampard of Chelsea in the 13th minute.
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 4th on 37 points from 20 and Sunderland 10th on 24 points from 20. Chelsea went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Sunderland 13th with 45.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-L-D-D-D and Sunderland's W-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · David Luiz
- 13'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 59'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 66'Yellow card · Fernando Torres
- 73'Yellow card · Raul Meireles
Head-to-head
Team news
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Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Branislav Ivanović, David Luiz, Juan Mata, Raúl Meireles, Ramires, Didier Drogba, Daniel Sturridge
Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)
Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Kieran Richardson, Matthew Kilgallon, John O'Shea, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Larsson, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Nicklas Bendtner, David Vaughan