English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 5, 2009
Chelsea WWWWD 1
–
Manchester City DDDDW 2
Etihad Stadium · 47,348 att.

Team Stats

17
Fouls
14
6
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
4
6
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
6
52.6
Possession
47.4
12
SHOTS
16
6
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
289
Accurate Passes
257
379
Passes
342
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
2
15
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.1
41
Long Balls
52
17
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
19
18
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
15
25
Clearances
26

Head to Head

CHE leads series 5-0

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Shay GivenG
  2. 19Joleon LescottCD-L
  3. 28Kolo TouréCD-R
  4. 3Wayne BridgeLB
  5. 2Micah RichardsRB
  6. 18Gareth BarryLM
  7. 34Nigel de JongRM
  8. 25Emmanuel AdebayorF
  9. 32Carlos TevezRCF
  10. 10RobinhoAM-L
  11. 8Shaun Wright-PhillipsAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Roque Santa CruzSUB
  2. 12Stuart TaylorSUB
  3. 4Nedum OnuohaSUB
  4. 6Michael JohnsonSUB
  5. 17Martin PetrovSUB
  6. 5Pablo ZabaletaSUB
  7. 33Vincent KompanySUB

CHE · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 6Ricardo CarvalhoCD-R
  4. 5Michael EssienDM
  5. 3Ashley ColeLB
  6. 2Branislav IvanovicRB
  7. 20DecoAM
  8. 8Frank LampardLM
  9. 13Michael BallackRM
  10. 11Didier DrogbaCF-L
  11. 39Nicolas AnelkaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 12John Obi MikelSUB
  2. 18Yuri ZhirkovSUB
  3. 19Paulo FerreiraSUB
  4. 35Juliano BellettiSUB
  5. 15Florent MaloudaSUB
  6. 40Henrique HilarioSUB
  7. 10Joe ColeSUB

Timeline

  1. 8'
  2. 37'
  3. 56'
  4. 64'
  5. 64'
  6. 69'
  7. 76'
  8. 83'
  9. 88'
  10. 90'+2'

Premier League News

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