Chelsea 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 20 September 2009

Result

Chelsea 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 20 September 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Chelsea · Tottenham Hotspur · Premier League predictions

Chelsea 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Chelsea won against Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 20 September 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ashley Cole opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Ashley Cole (32'), Michael Ballack (58') and Didier Drogba (63'). Tottenham Hotspur did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 15 points from 5 and Tottenham Hotspur 4th on 12 points from 5. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 70.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 2 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Ashley ColeChelsea · 1-0
  • 58'Goal · Michael BallackChelsea · 2-0
  • 63'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 3-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Sebastien BassongTottenham Hotspur
  • 90'Yellow card · Jermaine JenasTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 5, draws 3, Tottenham Hotspur 2.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, John Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, John Mikel Obi, Michael Essien, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-3-3)

Carlo Cudicini, Sebastien Bassong, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Tom Huddlestone, Jermaine Jenas, Wilson Palacios, Aaron Lennon, R. Keane, Jermain Defoe