Chelsea 1-0 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 30 January 2008
Result
Chelsea 1-0 Reading
Premier League · Wednesday 30 January 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 1-0 Reading: match report
Chelsea beat Reading 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 30 January 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Michael Ballack of Chelsea in the 32nd minute.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 50 points from 23 and Reading 16th on 22 points from 23. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Reading 18th with 36.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 0 for Reading.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Reading's L-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 32'Goal · Michael Ballack
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-1-4-1)
Petr Čech, Ricardo Carvalho, Wayne Bridge, Paulo Ferreira, Alex, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Claude Makélélé, Joe Cole
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Kalifa Cisse, Ivar Ingimarsson, Noel Hunt, John Oster, James Harper, Leroy Lita, Kevin Doyle, Bobby Convey, Graeme Murty