Chelsea 2-1 Manchester City: result and report

Chelsea 2-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Monday 12 December 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Chelsea won against Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday 12 December 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Raul Meireles (34') and Frank Lampard (82', penalty). Manchester City scored through Mario Balotelli (2').

Discipline: Chelsea received 4 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 5th on 28 points from 14 and Manchester City 1st on 38 points from 14. Chelsea went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Manchester City 1st with 89.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 3 for Manchester City.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Manchester City's W-D-W-W-W.