West Ham United 1-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 20 December 2009

Result

West Ham United 1-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 20 December 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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West Ham United 1-1 Chelsea: match report

West Ham United drew with Chelsea 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 20 December 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Alessandro Diamanti opened the scoring in the 44th minute. West Ham United's goal came from Alessandro Diamanti (44', penalty). Chelsea scored through Frank Lampard (61', penalty).

Discipline: West Ham United received 4 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Ham United were 19th on 14 points from 17 and Chelsea 1st on 40 points from 17. West Ham United went on to finish that season 17th with 35 points, and Chelsea 1st with 86.

West Ham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 West Ham United wins, 1 draw and 7 for Chelsea.

Going into the match West Ham United's last five read L-L-L-W-D and Chelsea's W-D-L-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Ricardo CarvalhoChelsea
  • 33'Yellow card · Guillermo Franco FarquarsonWest Ham United
  • 44'Penalty goal · Alessandro DiamantiWest Ham United · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Ashley ColeChelsea
  • 44'Yellow card · Scott ParkerWest Ham United
  • 52'Yellow card · Mark NobleWest Ham United
  • 60'Yellow card · Edward UpsonWest Ham United
  • 61'Penalty goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 1-1
  • 84'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Ham United 2, draws 1, Chelsea 7.

Team news

West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Green, Matthew Upson, James Collins, Julien Faubert, Luis Jiménez, Carlton Cole, Junior Stanislas, Mark Noble, Scott Parker, Jack Collison

Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

John Terry, Ashley Cole, Alex, Juliano Haus Belletti, John Mikel Obi, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba, Petr Čech, Joe Cole