Chelsea 2-0 West Bromwich Albion: result and report
Premier League · Friday 26 December 2008
Result
Chelsea 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
Premier League · Friday 26 December 2008, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Chelsea 2-0 West Bromwich Albion: match report
Chelsea defeated West Bromwich Albion 2-0 in the Premier League on Friday 26 December 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (5') and Frank Lampard (45+2'). West Bromwich Albion did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; West Bromwich Albion received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 38 points from 18 and West Bromwich Albion 20th on 15 points from 18. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and West Bromwich Albion 20th with 32.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 0 for West Bromwich Albion.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-D-W-L-D and West Bromwich Albion's W-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 45+2'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 74'Yellow card · Michael Ballack
Head-to-head
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
West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Carson, Craig Beattie, Gianni Zuiverloon, Abdoulaye Meite, Jonas Olsson, Robert Koren, Jonathan Greening, Chris Brunt, Kim Do-Heon, James Morrison, Paul Robinson