Newcastle United 0-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 4 April 2009
Result
Newcastle United 0-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 4 April 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newcastle United 0-2 Chelsea: match report
Newcastle United were beaten by Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 April 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Frank Lampard opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Newcastle United did not score. Chelsea scored through Frank Lampard (56') and Florent Malouda (65').
Discipline: Newcastle United received no yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 18th on 29 points from 30 and Chelsea 3rd on 61 points from 30. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 3 draws and 6 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read L-D-L-L-D and Chelsea's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Frank Lampard
- 45+3'Yellow card · John Obi Mikel
- 56'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 65'Goal · Florent Malouda
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Steve Harper, José Enrique, Ryan Taylor, Jonás Gutiérrez, Obafemi Martins, Michael Owen, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Fabricio Coloccini, Kevin Nolan, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt
Chelsea expected line-up (4-1-4-1)
Petr Čech, Alex, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole