Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 January 2008

Result

Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 12 January 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 January 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Belletti opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Belletti (19') and Shaun Wright-Phillips (81'). Tottenham Hotspur did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 44 points from 21 and Tottenham Hotspur 12th on 24 points from 21. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 11th with 46.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 1 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · BellettiChelsea · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Kevin-Prince BoatengTottenham Hotspur
  • 53'Yellow card · S. MalbranqueTottenham Hotspur
  • 58'Yellow card · Claude MakéléléChelsea
  • 68'Yellow card · Michael BallackChelsea
  • 75'Yellow card · Jamie O'HaraTottenham Hotspur
  • 78'Yellow card · Aaron LennonTottenham Hotspur
  • 81'Goal · Shaun Wright-PhillipsChelsea · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 6, draws 3, Tottenham Hotspur 1.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, Ricardo Carvalho, Alex, Juliano Haus Belletti, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Claudio Pizarro, Claude Makélélé, Joe Cole

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Radek Cerný, Pascal Chimbonda, Young-Pyo Lee, Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Steed Malbranque, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Dimitar Berbatov, R. Keane, Jamie O'Hara, Aaron Lennon