Chelsea 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 31 August 2008
Result
Chelsea 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Sunday 31 August 2008, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Chelsea 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Chelsea drew with Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 31 August 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Juliano Belletti opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Chelsea's goal came from Juliano Belletti (27'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Darren Bent (45+1').
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 6 points from 2 and Tottenham Hotspur 20th on 0 points from 2. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 8th with 51.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 1 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Deco
- 27'Goal · Juliano Belletti
- 45'Yellow card · Joe Cole
- 45+1'Goal · Darren Bent
- 86'Yellow card · José Bosingwa
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-1-1)
Heurelho Gomes, Chris Gunter, Ledley King, Didier Zokora, Daniel Bentley, Jermaine Jenas, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Darren Bent, Giovani Dos Santos, Jonathan Woodgate