English Premier League

FT Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Middlesbrough LWDLW 0
–
Chelsea DLWWW 2
Stamford Bridge · 40,280 att.

Team Stats

20
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
1
32.7
Possession
67.3
9
SHOTS
24
1
ON GOAL
8
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
222
Accurate Passes
516
282
Passes
580
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
7
10
Crosses
24
0.0
Cross %
0.3
38
Long Balls
33
15
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
5
17
Effective Tackles
14
19
Tackles
17
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
6
35
Clearances
14

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 33AlexCD-R
  4. 3Ashley ColeLB
  5. 17José BosingwaRB
  6. 12John Obi MikelCM
  7. 8Frank LampardLM
  8. 13Michael BallackRM
  9. 15Florent MaloudaF
  10. 39Nicolas AnelkaLF
  11. 21Salomon KalouRF

Substitutes

  1. 19Paulo FerreiraSUB
  2. 43Miroslav StochSUB
  3. 11Didier DrogbaSUB
  4. 42Michael MancienneSUB
  5. 2Branislav IvanovicSUB
  6. 40Henrique HilarioSUB
  7. 20DecoSUB

MID · 4-5-1

  1. 21Ross TurnbullG
  2. 31David WheaterCD-L
  3. 5Chris RiggottCD-R
  4. 6Emanuel PogatetzLB
  5. 29Tony McMahonRB
  6. 26Matthew BatesCM-L
  7. 4Gary O'NeilCM-R
  8. 15Mohamed ShawkyAM
  9. 19Stewart DowningLM
  10. 28Adam JohnsonRM
  11. 16Marlon KingF

Substitutes

  1. 12Afonso AlvesSUB
  2. 22Brad JonesSUB
  3. 11Marvin EmnesSUB
  4. 20Julio ArcaSUB
  5. 3Andrew TaylorSUB
  6. 17Tuncay SanliSUB
  7. 14Robert HuthSUB

Timeline

  1. 45'
  2. 58'
  3. 64'
  4. 64'
  5. 64'
  6. 81'
  7. 82'
  8. 89'

Premier League News

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