Manchester United 1-0 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 23 September 2007
Result
Manchester United 1-0 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 23 September 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 1-0 Chelsea: match report
Manchester United defeated Chelsea 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 September 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.
Carlos Tévez opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Carlos Tévez (45') and Louis Saha (89', penalty). Chelsea did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 5th on 11 points from 6 and Chelsea 6th on 11 points from 6. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 4 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-L-D and Chelsea's D-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 32'Red card · John Mikel Obi
- 45'Goal · Carlos Tévez
- 60'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 73'Yellow card · Joe Cole
- 80'Yellow card · Wes Brown
- 82'Yellow card · John Terry
- 89'Penalty goal · Louis Saha
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville
Chelsea expected line-up (4-4-2)
Petr Čech, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Juliano Haus Belletti, Alex, Michael Essien, Florent Malouda, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Didier Drogba, Andriy Shevchenko