Chelsea 1-1 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 14 December 2008

Result

Chelsea 1-1 West Ham United

Premier League · Sunday 14 December 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Chelsea 1-1 West Ham United: match report

Chelsea drew with West Ham United 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 14 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

Craig Bellamy opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Chelsea's goal came from Nicolas Anelka (51'). West Ham United scored through Craig Bellamy (32').

Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; West Ham United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 36 points from 16 and West Ham United 17th on 18 points from 16. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and West Ham United 9th with 51.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and West Ham United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 3 for West Ham United.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-L-D-W-W and West Ham United's L-D-W-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · John Obi MikelChelsea
  • 32'Goal · Craig BellamyWest Ham United · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Michael BallackChelsea
  • 37'Yellow card · Joe ColeChelsea
  • 40'Yellow card · Carlton ColeWest Ham United
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Craig BellamyWest Ham United
  • 51'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 7, draws 0, West Ham United 3.

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 Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Green, George McCartney, Lucas Neill, James Tomkins, Joseph Paintsil, Julien Faubert, Bobby Zamora, Dean Ashton, Scott Parker, Mark Noble