Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 October 2008
Result
Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 26 October 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool: match report
Chelsea were beaten by Liverpool 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 October 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal was an own goal by José Bosingwa in the 10th minute, credited to Liverpool.
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 20 points from 8 and Liverpool 2nd on 20 points from 8. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Liverpool 2nd with 86.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 2 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Liverpool's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 10'Own goal · José Bosingwa
- 21'Yellow card · Álvaro Arbeloa
- 39'Yellow card · Steven Gerrard
- 53'Yellow card · Florent Malouda
- 56'Yellow card · Ashley Cole
- 65'Yellow card · Javier Mascherano
- 79'Yellow card · Deco
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Daniel Agger, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Dirk Kuyt, R. Keane, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso