Chelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 30 March 2008

Result

Chelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Sunday 30 March 2008, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough: match report

Chelsea won against Middlesbrough 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 30 March 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Ricardo Carvalho of Chelsea in the 5th minute.

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 68 points from 31 and Middlesbrough 12th on 34 points from 31. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Middlesbrough 13th with 42.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Ricardo CarvalhoChelsea · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · L. CattermoleMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 6, draws 2, Middlesbrough 2.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Carlo Cudicini, Ricardo Carvalho, Wayne Bridge, John Terry, Juliano Haus Belletti, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Michael Ballack, Didier Drogba, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Joe Cole

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, Luke Young, David Wheater, Emanuel Pogatetz, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Jérémie Aliadière, Sanli Tuncay, Jonathan Woodgate