Stoke City 0-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 27 September 2008
Result
Stoke City 0-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 27 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Stoke City 0-2 Chelsea: match report
Stoke City were beaten by Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 September 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.
José Bosingwa opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Stoke City did not score. Chelsea scored through José Bosingwa (36') and Nicolas Anelka (76').
Discipline: Stoke City received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Stoke City were 18th on 4 points from 5 and Chelsea 3rd on 11 points from 5. Stoke City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Stoke City's last five read D-L-L-W-L and Chelsea's D-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 36'Goal · José Bosingwa
- 55'Yellow card · Andy Griffin
- 55'Yellow card · Florent Malouda
- 67'Yellow card · Richard Cresswell
- 76'Goal · Nicolas Anelka
Team news
Stoke City line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Danny Higginbotham, Leon Cort, Abdoulaye Faye, Oluwaseyi Olofinjana, Liam Lawrence, Salif Diao, Richard Cresswell, Mamady Sidibé, Dave Kitson
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé