Chelsea 2-1 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 August 2011

Result

Chelsea 2-1 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Saturday 20 August 2011, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Chelsea 2-1 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Chelsea defeated West Bromwich Albion 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 August 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ingo Goetze opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Nicolas Anelka (53') and Florent Malouda (83'). West Bromwich Albion scored through Ingo Goetze (4').

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 4 yellow cards.

Chelsea went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 47.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 10 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 0 for West Bromwich Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Ingo GoetzeWest Bromwich Albion · 0-1
  • 7'Yellow card · Gabriel TamaşWest Bromwich Albion
  • 34'Yellow card · Frank LampardChelsea
  • 45'Yellow card · Youssouf MulumbuWest Bromwich Albion
  • 53'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 1-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Jonas OlssonWest Bromwich Albion
  • 83'Goal · Florent MaloudaChelsea · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Peter OdemwingieWest Bromwich Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 10, draws 0, West Bromwich Albion 0.

Team news

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

Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, José Bosingwa, Florent Malouda, Ramires, John Mikel Obi, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-4-2)

Ben Foster, Jonas Olsson, Steven Reid, Nicky Shorey, Gabriel Tamaş, Somen Tchoyi, James Morrison, Chris Brunt, Youssouf Chafiq Mulumbu Ngangu, Paul Scharner, Shane Long