Chelsea v Birmingham City
Line-ups
Who started; on the bench, who came on and for how long
Chelsea4-4-24-5-1Birmingham City
Chelsea bench
- Didier Drogba26 min
- John Obi Mikel21 min
- Steve Sidwell7 min
Birmingham City bench
- Stuart Parnaby39 min
- Cameron Jerome21 min
- Daniël De Ridder15 min
Goals
3–2- 15'0–1Mikael ForssellBirmingham City
- 17'1–1Claudio PizarroChelsea
- 31'2–1Florent MaloudaChelsea
- 36'2–2Olivier KapoBirmingham City
- 50'3–2Michael EssienChelsea
Match numbers
19
Shots
611
Shots on target
45
Corners
38
Fouls
82
Yellow cards
10
Red cards
0Who played
| Chelsea | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petr Cech | 90 | – | ||
| Glen Johnson | 90 | – | ||
| Ricardo Carvalho | 90 | – | ||
| Tal Ben Haim | 90 | – | ||
| Ashley Cole | 90 | – | ||
| Shaun Wright-Phillips | 90 | 2 | – | |
| Frank Lampard | 90 | – | ||
| Salomon Kalou | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Florent Malouda | 83 | 1 | – | |
| Michael Essien | 69 | 1 | – | |
| Claudio Pizarro | 64 | 1 | – | |
| Didier Drogba sub | 26 | – | ||
| John Obi Mikel sub | 21 | – | ||
| Steve Sidwell sub | 7 | – |
| Birmingham City | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Doyle | 90 | – | ||
| Stephen Kelly | 90 | – | ||
| Johan Djourou | 90 | – | ||
| Liam Ridgewell | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Sebastian Larsson | 90 | – | ||
| Fabrice Muamba | 90 | – | ||
| Olivier Kapo | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Mikael Forssell | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Mehdi Nafti | 75 | – | ||
| Gary McSheffrey | 69 | – | ||
| Franck Queudrue | 51 | 1 | – | |
| Stuart Parnaby sub | 39 | – | ||
| Cameron Jerome sub | 21 | – | ||
| Daniël De Ridder sub | 15 | – |