Stoke City 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2009

Result

Stoke City 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Stoke City 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Stoke City lost to Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 September 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.

Abdoulaye Diagne-Fayé opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Stoke City's goal came from Abdoulaye Diagne-Fayé (32'). Chelsea scored through Didier Drogba (44') and Florent Malouda (90').

Discipline: Stoke City received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 5th on 7 points from 4 and Chelsea 1st on 12 points from 4. Stoke City went on to finish that season 11th with 47 points, and Chelsea 1st with 86.

Stoke City 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 0 Stoke City wins, 0 draws and 2 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · S. KalouChelsea
  • 19'Yellow card · Ryan ShawcrossStoke City
  • 32'Goal · Abdoulaye Diagne-FayéStoke City · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 54'Yellow card · Ashley ColeChelsea
  • 59'Yellow card · Rory DelapStoke City
  • 77'Yellow card · Andy WilkinsonStoke City
  • 90'Goal · Florent MaloudaChelsea · 1-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Stoke City 0, draws 0, Chelsea 2.

Team news

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

Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Ibrahima Sonko, Salif Diao, Amdy Faye, Mamady Sidibé, Dave Kitson, Rory Delap

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

Petr Čech, John Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, Juliano Haus Belletti, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba