Manchester City 0-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 April 2008

Result

Manchester City 0-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 5 April 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester City 0-2 Chelsea: match report

Manchester City lost to Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 April 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

Manchester City did not score. Chelsea scored through an own goal by Richard Dunne (6') and S. Kalou (53').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 9th on 49 points from 32 and Chelsea 3rd on 71 points from 32. Manchester City went on to finish that season 9th with 55 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 1 draw and 8 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Own goal · Richard DunneChelsea · 0-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Gelson FernandesManchester City
  • 53'Goal · S. KalouChelsea · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 1, draws 1, Chelsea 8.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Joe Hart, Michael Ball, Nedum Onuoha, Vedran Ćorluka, Richard Dunne, Michael Johnson, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Elano

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Alex, Juliano Haus Belletti, Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé, Ricardo Carvalho