Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 28 December 2005
Result
Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Wednesday 28 December 2005, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea: match report
Manchester City lost to Chelsea 0-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 28 December 2005. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Joe Cole of Chelsea in the 79th minute.
Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 8th on 27 points from 18 and Chelsea 1st on 49 points from 18. Manchester City went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Chelsea 1st with 91.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 1 draw and 6 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Chelsea's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 79'Goal · Joe Cole
- 85'Yellow card · Del Horno
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up
Ben Thatcher, Sylvain Distin, Nedum Onuoha, Richard Dunne, Antoine Sibierski, Trevor Sinclair, Andy Cole, Darius Vassell, David James, Joey Barton, Sun Jihai
Chelsea line-up
Petr Čech, Damien Duff, Del Horno, William Gallas, John Terry, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Didier Drogba, Claude Makélélé, Joe Cole, Eiður Guðjohnsen