English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 31, 2005
Birmingham City WLLLD 0
–
Chelsea DWWWW 2
Stamford Bridge · 40,652 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
4
Corner Kicks
5
8
Saves
3
48
Possession
52
9
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
7
Crosses
9
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
6
Clearances
7

Head to Head

CHE leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

CHE

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 20Paulo FerreiraD
  3. 6Ricardo CarvalhoD
  4. 26John TerryD
  5. 13William GallasD
  6. 5Michael EssienM
  7. 10Joe ColeM
  8. 8Frank LampardM
  9. 22Eidur GudjohnsenF
  10. 16Arjen RobbenF
  11. 9Hernán CrespoF

Substitutes

  1. 23Carlo CudiciniG
  2. 2Glen JohnsonD
  3. 4Claude MakeleleM
  4. 24Shaun Wright-PhillipsM
  5. 15Didier DrogbaF

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 4Kenny CunninghamD
  3. 2Martin TaylorD
  4. 5Matt UpsonD
  5. 21Julian GrayM
  6. 22Damien JohnsonM
  7. 20Nicky ButtM
  8. 25Stephen ClemenceM
  9. 7Jermaine PennantM
  10. 16Emile HeskeyF
  11. 8Walter PandianiF

Substitutes

  1. 18Nico VaesenG
  2. 26Olivier TebilyD
  3. 31Marcos PainterD
  4. 15Neil KilkennyM
  5. 36Mathew BirleyM

Timeline

  1. 12'
  2. 25'
  3. 43'
  4. 60'
  5. 60'
  6. 65'
  7. 70'
  8. 76'
  9. 90'

Premier League News

All news
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