Portsmouth 0-5 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 24 March 2010
Result
Portsmouth 0-5 Chelsea
Premier League · Wednesday 24 March 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Portsmouth 0-5 Chelsea: match report
Portsmouth lost to Chelsea 0-5 in the Premier League on Wednesday 24 March 2010. The half-time score was 0-1.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Portsmouth did not score. Chelsea scored through Didier Drogba (32'), Florent Malouda (50'), Florent Malouda (60'), Didier Drogba (77') and Frank Lampard (90').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 20th on 22 points from 30 and Chelsea 3rd on 65 points from 30. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Chelsea 1st with 86.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-5-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 9 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read W-L-L-W-L and Chelsea's D-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 32'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 40'Yellow card · Florent Malouda
- 50'Goal · Florent Malouda
- 60'Goal · Florent Malouda
- 68'Yellow card · Jamie O'Hara
- 77'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 86'Yellow card · Richard Hughes
- 90'Yellow card · David James
- 90'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 90'Yellow card · John Mikel Obi
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-5-1)
Ricardo Rocha, Aaron Mokoena, Steve Finnan, Marc Wilson, Richard Hughes, Frédéric Piquionne, Tommy Smith, David James, Jamie O'Hara, Hayden Mullins, Hermann Hreidarsson
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, John Terry, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, Florent Malouda, John Mikel Obi, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole, Juliano Haus Belletti