Chelsea 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 31 August 2008

Result

Chelsea 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 31 August 2008, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Chelsea 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Chelsea drew with Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 31 August 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Juliano Belletti opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Chelsea's goal came from Juliano Belletti (27'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Darren Bent (45+1').

Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 6 points from 2 and Tottenham Hotspur 20th on 0 points from 2. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 8th with 51.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 1 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · DecoChelsea
  • 27'Goal · Juliano BellettiChelsea · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Joe ColeChelsea
  • 45+1'Goal · Darren BentTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 86'Yellow card · José BosingwaChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 7, draws 2, Tottenham Hotspur 1.

Team news

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

Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-1-1)

Heurelho Gomes, Chris Gunter, Ledley King, Didier Zokora, Daniel Bentley, Jermaine Jenas, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Darren Bent, Giovani Dos Santos, Jonathan Woodgate