Newcastle United 0-3 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 3 December 2011
Result
Newcastle United 0-3 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 3 December 2011, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Newcastle United 0-3 Chelsea: match report
Newcastle United lost to Chelsea 0-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 December 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Newcastle United did not score. Chelsea scored through Didier Drogba (38'), S. Kalou (89') and Daniel Sturridge (90+2').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 4th on 26 points from 13 and Chelsea 5th on 25 points from 13. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Chelsea 6th with 64.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newcastle United wins, 5 draws and 5 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Chelsea's W-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · David Luiz
- 14'Missed penalty · Frank Lampard
- 38'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 85'Yellow card · Daniel Sturridge
- 87'Yellow card · Danny Simpson
- 89'Goal · S. Kalou
- 90+2'Goal · Daniel Sturridge
- 90+4'Yellow card · Ryan Taylor
- 90+4'Yellow card · John Terry
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)
Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Ryan Taylor, Steven Taylor, Yohan Cabaye, Danny Guthrie, Gabriel Obertan, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Demba Ba, Fabricio Coloccini, Hatem Ben Arfa
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, Branislav Ivanović, John Terry, Ramires, Michael Essien, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba