Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 October 2004

Result

Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 16 October 2004, 16:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea: match report

Manchester City defeated Chelsea 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 October 2004. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Nicolas Anelka of Manchester City in the 11th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 12th on 8 points from 8 and Chelsea 2nd on 20 points from 8. Manchester City went on to finish that season 8th with 52 points, and Chelsea 1st with 95.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 6 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-L-W-L-W and Chelsea's W-W-D-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Penalty goal · Nicolas AnelkaManchester City · 1-0
  • 11'Yellow card · Paulo FerreiraChelsea
  • 54'Yellow card · Frank LampardChelsea
  • 64'Yellow card · Danny MillsManchester City

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Manchester City 0, draws 0, Chelsea 6.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

Ben Thatcher, Sylvain Distin, Danny Mills, Richard Dunne, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jon Macken, Nicolas Anelka, David James, Antoine Sibierski, Sun Jihai, Paul Bosvelt