Chelsea 2-0 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2010

Result

Chelsea 2-0 Stoke City

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 2-0 Stoke City: match report

Chelsea beat Stoke City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 August 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Florent Malouda opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Florent Malouda (32') and Didier Drogba (77', penalty). Stoke City did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 6 points from 2 and Stoke City 18th on 0 points from 2. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 71 points, and Stoke City 13th with 46.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 0 for Stoke City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Missed penalty · Frank LampardChelsea
  • 32'Goal · Florent MaloudaChelsea · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Dean WhiteheadStoke City
  • 44'Yellow card · Matthew EtheringtonStoke City
  • 77'Penalty goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 2-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Chelsea 4, draws 0, Stoke City 0.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, John Terry, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, Alex, Florent Malouda, John Mikel Obi, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba

Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Thomas Sorensen, Danny Collins, Robert Huth, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Glenn Whelan, Dean Whitehead, Dave Kitson, Sanli Tuncay, Rory Delap