English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 26, 2008
Manchester United DWWDD 1
–
Chelsea WWDWD 2
Stamford Bridge · 41,828 att.

Team Stats

16
Fouls
14
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
8
7
Saves
7
47
Possession
53
7
SHOTS
13
6
ON GOAL
8
0.9
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
1
Accurate Passes
8
1
Passes
8
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
1
Accurate Crosses
2
6
Crosses
6
0.2
Cross %
0.3
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
7
Effective Clearances
4
7
Clearances
4

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

CHE

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 20Paulo FerreiraD
  3. 6Ricardo CarvalhoD
  4. 26John TerryD
  5. 3Ashley ColeD
  6. 13Michael BallackM
  7. 12John Obi MikelM
  8. 5Michael EssienM
  9. 10Joe ColeM
  10. 21Salomon KalouF
  11. 11Didier DrogbaF

Substitutes

  1. 23Carlo CudiciniG
  2. 35Juliano BellettiD
  3. 4Claude MakeleleM
  4. 7Andriy ShevchenkoF
  5. 39Nicolas AnelkaF

MAN

  1. 1Edwin van der SarG
  2. 6Wes BrownD
  3. 5Rio FerdinandD
  4. 15Nemanja VidićD
  5. 27Mikaël SilvestreD
  6. 24Darren FletcherM
  7. 16Michael CarrickM
  8. 8AndersonM
  9. 17NaniM
  10. 11Ryan GiggsM
  11. 10Wayne RooneyF

Substitutes

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakG
  2. 22John O'SheaD
  3. 4Owen HargreavesM
  4. 7Cristiano RonaldoM
  5. 32Carlos TevezF

Timeline

  1. 14' Man Utd makes a sub: Owen Hargreaves enters for Nemanja Vidic. Reason: Injury
  2. 45'+1' Goal!! Michael Ballack hits a very good header to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Chelsea now leads 1 - 0
  3. 45'+2' Michael Ballack is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 52' Wes Brown is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 57' Goal!! Wayne Rooney hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  6. 63' Man Utd makes a sub: Cristiano Ronaldo enters for Wayne Rooney. Reason: Injury
  7. 65' Man Utd makes a sub: John O'Shea enters for Anderson. Reason: Tactical
  8. 66' Chelsea makes a sub: Nicolas Anelka enters for Paulo Ferreira. Reason: Tactical
  9. 77' John Mikel Obi is awarded a yellow card. Reason: persistent infringement
  10. 81' Chelsea makes a sub: Andriy Shevchenko enters for Salomon Kalou. Reason: Injury
  11. 86' Edwin Van der Sar is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  12. 86' Michael Ballack places the penalty kick with his right foot to the lower left corner and scores!! The goalkeeper was nowhere near the shot.
  13. 87' Chelsea makes a sub: Claude Makelele enters for Joe Cole. Reason: Tactical
  14. 88' Didier Drogba is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  15. 90' End of the game
  16. 90'+2' Rio Ferdinand is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  17. 90'+2' Owen Hargreaves is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent

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