Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2009

Result

Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2009, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea: match report

Manchester City defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 December 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Manchester City's goals came from Emmanuel Adebayor (37') and C. Tevez (56'). Chelsea scored through an own goal by Emmanuel Adebayor (8').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 7th on 22 points from 13 and Chelsea 1st on 36 points from 14. Manchester City went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Chelsea 1st with 86.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-1-2-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 1 draw and 8 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-D-D-D-D and Chelsea's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Own goal · Emmanuel AdebayorChelsea · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorManchester City · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 55'Yellow card · Ricardo CarvalhoChelsea
  • 56'Goal · C. TevezManchester City · 2-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Gareth BarryManchester City
  • 74'Yellow card · BellettiChelsea
  • 78'Yellow card · Branislav IvanovićChelsea
  • 83'Missed penalty · Frank LampardChelsea
  • 85'Yellow card · Ashley ColeChelsea
  • 86'Yellow card · DecoChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 1, draws 1, Chelsea 8.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Shay Given, Micah Richards, Wayne Bridge, Joleon Lescott, Kolo Touré, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Robinho, Gareth Barry, Nigel de Jong, Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Alberto Tevez

Chelsea expected line-up (4-1-2-3)

Petr Čech, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Alex, John Mikel Obi, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou