English Premier League

FT Sunday, March 30, 2008
Middlesbrough LLDDW 0
–
Chelsea LWWDW 1
Stamford Bridge · 39,993 att.

Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
6
48
Possession
52
7
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
1
Accurate Passes
3
1
Passes
3
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
3
Accurate Crosses
6
17
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.5
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
7
Effective Clearances
10
7
Clearances
10

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-2

Lineups

CHE

  1. 23Carlo CudiciniG
  2. 35Juliano BellettiD
  3. 6Ricardo CarvalhoD
  4. 26John TerryD
  5. 18Wayne BridgeD
  6. 13Michael BallackM
  7. 5Michael EssienM
  8. 12John Obi MikelM
  9. 10Joe ColeM
  10. 11Didier DrogbaF
  11. 21Salomon KalouF

Substitutes

  1. 40Henrique HilarioG
  2. 33AlexD
  3. 24Shaun Wright-PhillipsM
  4. 7Andriy ShevchenkoF
  5. 39Nicolas AnelkaF

MID

  1. 1Mark SchwarzerG
  2. 2Luke YoungD
  3. 31David WheaterD
  4. 6Emanuel PogatetzD
  5. 33Andrew TaylorD
  6. 4Gary O'NeilM
  7. 27Lee CattermoleM
  8. 7George BoatengM
  9. 19Stewart DowningM
  10. 17Tuncay SanliF
  11. 11Jeremie AliadiereF

Substitutes

  1. 21Ross TurnbullG
  2. 29Tony McMahonD
  3. 15Mohamed ShawkyM
  4. 28Adam JohnsonM
  5. 12Afonso AlvesF

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal!! Ricardo Carvalho hits a very good header to the upper right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Chelsea now leads 1 - 0
  2. 45'+1' Lee Cattermole is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 64' Middlesbrough makes a sub: Afonso Alves enters for Tuncay Sanli. Reason: Tactical
  4. 65' Chelsea makes a sub: Shaun Wright-Phillips enters for Michael Ballack. Reason: Tactical
  5. 78' Chelsea makes a sub: Nicolas Anelka enters for Salomon Kalou. Reason: Tactical
  6. 79' Middlesbrough makes a sub: Adam Johnson enters for Gary O'Neil. Reason: Tactical
  7. 89' Chelsea makes a sub: Alex enters for Didier Drogba. Reason: Tactical
  8. 89' Middlesbrough makes a sub: Mohamed Shawky enters for Lee Cattermole. Reason: Tactical
  9. 90' End of the game
  10. 90'+4' Juliano Belletti is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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