Stoke City 0-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 September 2008

Result

Stoke City 0-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 27 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Stoke City 0-2 Chelsea: match report

Stoke City were beaten by Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 September 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

José Bosingwa opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Stoke City did not score. Chelsea scored through José Bosingwa (36') and Nicolas Anelka (76').

Discipline: Stoke City received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Stoke City were 18th on 4 points from 5 and Chelsea 3rd on 11 points from 5. Stoke City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · José BosingwaChelsea · 0-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Andy GriffinStoke City
  • 55'Yellow card · Florent MaloudaChelsea
  • 67'Yellow card · Richard CresswellStoke City
  • 76'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 0-2

Team news

Stoke City line-up (4-4-2)

Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Danny Higginbotham, Leon Cort, Abdoulaye Faye, Oluwaseyi Olofinjana, Liam Lawrence, Salif Diao, Richard Cresswell, Mamady Sidibé, Dave Kitson

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

Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé