English Premier League

FT Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Birmingham City DDDWW 0
–
Chelsea WWWWW 3
Stamford Bridge · 41,293 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
1
42.4
Possession
57.6
6
SHOTS
29
1
ON GOAL
9
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
340
Accurate Passes
516
442
Passes
601
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
10
13
Crosses
30
0.2
Cross %
0.3
69
Long Balls
69
28
Accurate Long Balls
48
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
11
13
Effective Tackles
18
19
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
9
35
Clearances
16

Head to Head

CHE leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 6Ricardo CarvalhoCD-R
  4. 3Ashley ColeLB
  5. 2Branislav IvanovicRB
  6. 20DecoCM
  7. 8Frank LampardLM
  8. 13Michael BallackRM
  9. 15Florent MaloudaF
  10. 39Nicolas AnelkaLF
  11. 10Joe ColeRF

Substitutes

  1. 19Paulo FerreiraSUB
  2. 23Daniel SturridgeSUB
  3. 18Yuri ZhirkovSUB
  4. 45Fabio BoriniSUB
  5. 33AlexSUB
  6. 24Nemanja MaticSUB
  7. 22Ross TurnbullSUB

BIR · 4-4-2

  1. 25Joe HartG
  2. 15Scott DannCD-L
  3. 14Roger JohnsonCD-R
  4. 6Liam RidgewellLB
  5. 2Stephen CarrRB
  6. 12Barry FergusonCM-L
  7. 4Lee BowyerCM-R
  8. 16James McFaddenLM
  9. 7Sebastian LarssonRM
  10. 10Cameron JeromeCF-L
  11. 11Christian BenitezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Gary McSheffreySUB
  2. 27Gregory VignalSUB
  3. 17MíchelSUB
  4. 18Keith FaheySUB
  5. 20Franck QueudrueSUB
  6. 1Maik TaylorSUB
  7. 22Damien JohnsonSUB

Timeline

  1. 5'
  2. 32'
  3. 56'
  4. 72'
  5. 81'
  6. 88'
  7. 90'

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