Hull City 0-3 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 29 October 2008
Result
Hull City 0-3 Chelsea
Premier League · Wednesday 29 October 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Hull City 0-3 Chelsea: match report
Hull City lost to Chelsea 0-3 in the Premier League on Wednesday 29 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
Frank Lampard opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Hull City did not score. Chelsea scored through Frank Lampard (3'), Nicolas Anelka (50') and Florent Malouda (75').
Discipline: Hull City received no yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hull City were 3rd on 20 points from 9 and Chelsea 2nd on 20 points from 9. Hull City went on to finish that season 17th with 35 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.
Hull City lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Hull City's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Chelsea's L-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 11'Yellow card · Joe Cole
- 50'Goal · Nicolas Anelka
- 58'Yellow card · Deco
- 75'Goal · Florent Malouda
Team news
Hull City line-up (4-3-1-2)
Boaz Myhill, Michael Turner, Paul McShane, Kamil Zayatte, Ian Ashbee, George Boateng, Dean Marney, Marlon King, Stephen Dawson, Diego Gómez, Daniel Cousin
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