Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 24 February 2013
Result
Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 24 February 2013, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea: match report
Manchester City defeated Chelsea 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 February 2013. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Yaya Touré opened the scoring in the 63rd minute. Manchester City's goals came from Yaya Touré (63') and Carlos Tévez (85'). Chelsea did not score.
Discipline: Manchester City received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 51 points from 26 and Chelsea 3rd on 49 points from 26. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 74.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 5 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-D-D-W-W and Chelsea's W-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Jack Rodwell
- 37'Yellow card · Ramires
- 40'Yellow card · Kolo Touré
- 43'Yellow card · Pablo Zabaleta
- 52'Missed penalty · Frank Lampard
- 63'Goal · Yaya Touré
- 85'Goal · Carlos Tévez
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Matija Nastasić, Gaël Clichy, Javi García, Jack Rodwell, James Milner, Yaya Touré, David Silva, Sergio Agüero, Kolo Touré
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Gary Cahill, David Luiz, Ashley Cole, John Mikel Obi, F. Lampard, Ramires, Juan Mata, Eden Hazard, Demba Ba