Sunderland 2-4 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 1 February 2011
Result
Sunderland 2-4 Chelsea
Premier League · Tuesday 1 February 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-2
Sunderland 2-4 Chelsea: match report
Sunderland were beaten by Chelsea 2-4 in the Premier League on Tuesday 1 February 2011. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Phil Bardsley opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Phil Bardsley (4') and Kieran Richardson (27'). Chelsea scored through Frank Lampard (15', penalty), Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou (23'), John Terry (60') and Nicolas Anelka (90+3').
Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 6th on 37 points from 24 and Chelsea 4th on 41 points from 23. Sunderland went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 71.
Sunderland 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 1 Sunderland win, 0 draws and 9 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read W-D-W-W-L and Chelsea's W-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Phil Bardsley
- 15'Penalty goal · Frank Lampard
- 23'Goal · Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou
- 27'Goal · Kieran Richardson
- 55'Yellow card · Didier Drogba
- 60'Goal · John Terry
- 84'Yellow card · Branislav Ivanović
- 84'Yellow card · Kieran Richardson
- 90+3'Goal · Nicolas Anelka
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland expected line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Anton Ferdinand, Phil Bardsley, Kieran Richardson, Nedum Onuoha, Titus Bramble, Jordan Henderson, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Darren Bent, Asamoah Gyan, Danny Welbeck
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