Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 11 March 2006
Result
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Saturday 11 March 2006, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 March 2006. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Michael Essien opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Michael Essien (14') and William Gallas (90'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Jermaine Jenas (45').
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 72 points from 28 and Tottenham Hotspur 4th on 49 points from 28. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 5th with 65.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 0 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Tottenham Hotspur's W-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Michael Essien
- 45'Goal · Jermaine Jenas
- 68'Yellow card · D. Duff
- 90'Yellow card · Didier Drogba
- 90'Goal · William Gallas
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up
Petr Čech, Damien Duff, William Gallas, John Terry, Del Horno, Michael Essien, Arjen Robben, Didier Drogba, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Claude Makélélé
Tottenham Hotspur line-up
Paul Robinson, Paul Stalteri, Young-Pyo Lee, Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Michael Carrick, Jermaine Jenas, Edgar Davids, Teemu Tainio, R. Keane, Mido