Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 March 2009

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 21 March 2009, 15:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Chelsea: match report

Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 March 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Luka Modrić of Tottenham Hotspur in the 50th minute.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 11th on 35 points from 29 and Chelsea 2nd on 61 points from 29. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 8th with 51 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.

Tottenham Hotspur 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 Tottenham Hotspur win, 3 draws and 6 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read W-D-W-W-D and Chelsea's W-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+2'Yellow card · Juliano BellettiChelsea
  • 50'Goal · Luka ModrićTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Wilson PalaciosTottenham Hotspur
  • 78'Yellow card · Luka ModrićTottenham Hotspur
  • 84'Yellow card · Michael BallackChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 1, draws 3, Chelsea 6.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Jermaine Jenas, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modrić, Darren Bent, Aaron Lennon, R. Keane, Jonathan Woodgate

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