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
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.
Key events
- 8'Own goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 37'Goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 44'Yellow card · John Terry
- 55'Yellow card · Ricardo Carvalho
- 56'Goal · C. Tevez
- 63'Yellow card · Gareth Barry
- 74'Yellow card · Belletti
- 78'Yellow card · Branislav Ivanović
- 83'Missed penalty · Frank Lampard
- 85'Yellow card · Ashley Cole
- 86'Yellow card · Deco
Head-to-head
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