English Premier League

FT Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Portsmouth LLWDD 1
–
Chelsea LLDDD 2
Stamford Bridge · 40,137 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
11
6
Saves
1
39.7
Possession
60.3
8
SHOTS
27
2
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
246
Accurate Passes
439
341
Passes
517
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
8
12
Crosses
37
0.3
Cross %
0.2
44
Long Balls
49
18
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
2
Blocked Shots
6
19
Effective Tackles
13
22
Tackles
21
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
9
40
Clearances
21

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 33AlexCD-R
  4. 3Ashley ColeLB
  5. 2Branislav IvanovicRB
  6. 12John Obi MikelCM
  7. 8Frank LampardLM
  8. 13Michael BallackRM
  9. 20DecoF
  10. 39Nicolas AnelkaLF
  11. 21Salomon KalouRF

Substitutes

  1. 45Fabio BoriniSUB
  2. 18Yuri ZhirkovSUB
  3. 6Ricardo CarvalhoSUB
  4. 10Joe ColeSUB
  5. 15Florent MaloudaSUB
  6. 40Henrique HilarioSUB
  7. 19Paulo FerreiraSUB

POR · 4-3-3

  1. 31Asmir BegovicG
  2. 35Marc WilsonCD-L
  3. 26Tal Ben HaimCD-R
  4. 7Hermann HreidarssonLB
  5. 16Steve FinnanRB
  6. 4Aaron MokoenaCM
  7. 6Hayden MullinsLM
  8. 8Papa Bouba DiopRM
  9. 5Jamie O'HaraF
  10. 9Frédéric PiquionneLF
  11. 23Kevin-Prince BoatengRF

Substitutes

  1. 32Hassan YebdaSUB
  2. 22Richard HughesSUB
  3. 18Anthony Vanden BorreSUB
  4. 39Nadir BelhadjSUB
  5. 21Jamie AshdownSUB
  6. 17John UtakaSUB
  7. 24Aruna DindaneSUB

Timeline

  1. 23'
  2. 51'
  3. 59'
  4. 60'
  5. 64'
  6. 72'
  7. 72'
  8. 79'
  9. 86'

Premier League News

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