English Premier League

FT Friday, December 26, 2008
West Bromwich Albion LLDLW 0
–
Chelsea LWWDD 2
Stamford Bridge · 43,417 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
7
10
Saves
2
35.9
Possession
64.1
10
SHOTS
25
2
ON GOAL
12
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
249
Accurate Passes
531
333
Passes
595
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
19
Crosses
32
0.1
Cross %
0.2
53
Long Balls
71
23
Accurate Long Balls
48
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
4
20
Effective Tackles
15
30
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
9
32
Clearances
16

Head to Head

CHE leads series 5-0

Lineups

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 2Branislav IvanovicCD-L
  3. 33AlexCD-R
  4. 3Ashley ColeLB
  5. 17José BosingwaRB
  6. 12John Obi MikelCM
  7. 8Frank LampardLM
  8. 13Michael BallackRM
  9. 39Nicolas AnelkaF
  10. 11Didier DrogbaLF
  11. 10Joe ColeRF

Substitutes

  1. 20DecoSUB
  2. 35Juliano BellettiSUB
  3. 19Paulo FerreiraSUB
  4. 27MineiroSUB
  5. 15Florent MaloudaSUB
  6. 23Carlo CudiciniSUB
  7. 21Salomon KalouSUB

WBA · 4-5-1

  1. 19Scott CarsonG
  2. 26Jonas OlssonCD-L
  3. 23Abdoulaye MéitéCD-R
  4. 3Paul RobinsonLB
  5. 22Gianni ZuiverloonRB
  6. 14Do-Heon KimCM-L
  7. 7Robert KorenCM-R
  8. 8Jonathan GreeningAM
  9. 11Chris BruntLM
  10. 27James MorrisonRM
  11. 12Craig BeattieF

Substitutes

  1. 5Leon BarnettSUB
  2. 28Borja ValeroSUB
  3. 4Marek CechSUB
  4. 17Graham DorransSUB
  5. 1Dean KielySUB
  6. 16Luke MooreSUB
  7. 9Roman BednárSUB

Timeline

  1. 3'
  2. 27'
  3. 45'+2'
  4. 45'
  5. 60'
  6. 67'
  7. 69'
  8. 79'

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