Manchester United 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 3 April 2010

Result

Manchester United 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 3 April 2010, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester United 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Manchester United lost to Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 April 2010. The half-time score was 0-1.

Joe Cole opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Manchester United's goal came from Federico Macheda (81'). Chelsea scored through Joe Cole (20') and Didier Drogba (79').

Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 72 points from 32 and Chelsea 2nd on 71 points from 32. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Chelsea 1st with 86.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 3 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Joe ColeChelsea · 0-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 44'Yellow card · Gary NevilleManchester United
  • 70'Yellow card · DecoChelsea
  • 72'Yellow card · Joe ColeChelsea
  • 79'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 0-2
  • 81'Goal · Federico MachedaManchester United · 1-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Darren FletcherManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 3, draws 4, Chelsea 3.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Antonio Valencia, Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher, Dimitar Berbatov, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes

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

Petr Čech, John Terry, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, Alex, Florent Malouda, John Mikel Obi, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba