Newcastle United 0-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Monday 5 May 2008
Result
Newcastle United 0-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Monday 5 May 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newcastle United 0-2 Chelsea: match report
Newcastle United were beaten by Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Monday 5 May 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Michael Ballack opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Newcastle United did not score. Chelsea scored through Michael Ballack (60') and Florent Malouda (82').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 12th on 43 points from 36 and Chelsea 3rd on 79 points from 36. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-1-2-3 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 6 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Chelsea's D-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · John Terry
- 60'Goal · Michael Ballack
- 60'Yellow card · Abdoulaye Diagne-Fayé
- 69'Yellow card · Florent Malouda
- 76'Yellow card · José Enrique
- 82'Goal · Florent Malouda
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-1-2-3)
Steve Harper, José Enrique, Abdoulaye Faye, Steven Taylor, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Obafemi Martins, Michael Owen, Mark Viduka, Joey Barton, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Ricardo Carvalho, Wayne Bridge, Paulo Ferreira, John Terry, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka