Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 8 May 2011

Result

Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 8 May 2011, 15:10 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea: match report

Manchester United beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 8 May 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.

Chicharito opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Manchester United's goals came from Chicharito (1') and Nemanja Vidic (23'). Chelsea scored through Frank Lampard (69').

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 73 points from 35 and Chelsea 2nd on 70 points from 35. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 71.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 4 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · ChicharitoManchester United · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Branislav IvanovićChelsea
  • 23'Goal · Nemanja VidicManchester United · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Wayne RooneyManchester United
  • 43'Yellow card · Michael EssienChelsea
  • 69'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Ryan GiggsManchester United
  • 86'Yellow card · RamiresChelsea
  • 90'Yellow card · Didier DrogbaChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 2, draws 4, Chelsea 4.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov

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

Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, José Bosingwa, Florent Malouda, Ramires, John Mikel Obi, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba