Chelsea 6-1 Derby County: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 12 March 2008
Result
Chelsea 6-1 Derby County
Premier League · Wednesday 12 March 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Chelsea 6-1 Derby County: match report
Chelsea won against Derby County 6-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 12 March 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Frank Lampard opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Frank Lampard (28', penalty), S. Kalou (42'), Frank Lampard (57'), Joe Cole (64'), Frank Lampard (66') and Frank Lampard (72'). Derby County scored through David Jones (73').
Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Derby County received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 58 points from 27 and Derby County 20th on 10 points from 28. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Derby County 20th with 11.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Derby County in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 0 for Derby County.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-D-D-W-W and Derby County's D-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 28'Penalty goal · Frank Lampard
- 42'Goal · S. Kalou
- 57'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 64'Goal · Joe Cole
- 66'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 72'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 73'Goal · David Jones
- 85'Yellow card · James McEveley
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Alex, Juliano Haus Belletti, Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé, Ricardo Carvalho
Derby County line-up (4-5-1)
Roy Carroll, Marc Edworthy, James McEveley, Edward Lewis, Stephen Pearson, Hossam Ghaly, Robbie Savage, Alan Stubbs, Kenny Miller, Mile Sterjovski, Darren Moore