Chelsea 1-1 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 13 January 2016

Result

Chelsea 1-1 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Wednesday 13 January 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Chelsea 1-1 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Chelsea drew with West Bromwich Albion 1-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 13 January 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

César Azpilicueta opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Chelsea's goals came from César Azpilicueta (20') and an own goal by Gareth McAuley (73'). West Bromwich Albion scored through Craig Gardner (33') and James McClean (86').

Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 11th on 27 points from 20 and West Bromwich Albion 13th on 26 points from 20. Chelsea went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and West Bromwich Albion 14th with 43.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Darren Fletcher of West Bromwich Albion (8.2), ahead of James McClean (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 4 for West Bromwich Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · César AzpilicuetaChelsea · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Claudio YacobWest Bromwich Albion
  • 33'Goal · Craig GardnerWest Bromwich Albion · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Diego CostaChelsea
  • 68'Yellow card · Boaz MyhillWest Bromwich Albion
  • 70'Yellow card · Thibaut CourtoisChelsea
  • 70'Yellow card · James McCleanWest Bromwich Albion
  • 73'Own goal · Gareth McAuleyChelsea · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · César AzpilicuetaChelsea
  • 86'Goal · James McCleanWest Bromwich Albion · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 5, draws 1, West Bromwich Albion 4.

Team news

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

Thibaut Courtois, Branislav Ivanović, Kurt Zouma, John Terry, César Azpilicueta, Cesc Fàbregas, John Mikel Obi, Willian, Oscar, Pedro, Diego Costa

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-1-4-1)

Boaz Myhill, Craig Dawson, Gareth McAuley, Jonas Olsson, Jonny Evans, Claudio Yacob, Chris Brunt, Darren Fletcher, James Morrison, James McClean, Salomón Rondón