Chelsea 1-0 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2012

Result

Chelsea 1-0 Stoke City

Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Chelsea 1-0 Stoke City: match report

Chelsea defeated Stoke City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 September 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Ashley Cole of Chelsea in the 85th minute.

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 10 points from 4 and Stoke City 12th on 4 points from 4. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and Stoke City 13th with 41.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 0 for Stoke City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Charlie AdamStoke City
  • 50'Yellow card · OscarChelsea
  • 85'Goal · Ashley ColeChelsea · 1-0
  • 90+2'Yellow card · David LuizChelsea

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Chelsea 6, draws 2, Stoke City 0.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, David Luiz, Ramires, Juan Mata, Oscar, John Mikel Obi, Fernando Torres, Eden Hazard, Gary Cahill

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

Asmir Begović, Robert Huth, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Collins, Glenn Whelan, Jermaine Pennant, Jonathan Walters, Rory Delap, Matthew Etherington