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Matches/Premier League/Regular Season - 29
Premier League 2011/12Match Finished

Manchester City vs Chelsea

21 Mar 2012 · 19:45 GMT · Regular Season - 29

Manchester City

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2:1HT 0–0

Chelsea

AWAY
⚽ Sergio Agüero del Castillo 78′ (Penalty)⚽ Samir Nasri 86′
⚽ Gary Cahill 60′
Etihad Stadium (Manchester)Referee: Not suppliedRecorded clock 90′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Manchester City win 2–1

Match Finished in the regular season - 29 of the Premier League. 3 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES2 – 1
HALF-TIME0 – 0
MATCH COVERAGE

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LineupsAvailable
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

Manchester CityChelsea

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Manchester City

Formation not supplied

Coach Not supplied

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 25
    Charles HartProfile: Goalkeeper · 24 at kick-off
  2. 28
    Kolo TouréProfile: Defender · 31 at kick-off
  3. 2
    Micah RichardsProfile: Defender · 23 at kick-off
  4. 22
    Gaël ClichyProfile: Defender · 26 at kick-off
  5. 5
    Pablo Zabaleta GirodProfile: Defender · 27 at kick-off
  6. 19
    Samir NasriProfile: Midfielder · 24 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 86′
  7. 34
    Nigel de JongProfile: Midfielder · 27 at kick-off
    Off 66′
  8. 21
    David SilvaProfile: Midfielder · 26 at kick-off
    Off 76′
  9. 42
    Yaya TouréProfile: Midfielder · 28 at kick-off
  10. 16
    Sergio Agüero del CastilloProfile: Attacker · 23 at kick-off
    Penalty 78′
  11. 45
    Mario Barwuah BalotelliProfile: Attacker · 21 at kick-off
    Off 46′

Substitutes7

  1. 18
    Gareth BarryProfile: Midfielder · 31 at kick-off
    On 46′
  2. 32
    Carlos TevezProfile: Attacker · 28 at kick-off
    On 66′
  3. 10
    Edin DžekoProfile: Forward · 26 at kick-off
    On 76′
  4. 7
    James MilnerProfile: Midfielder · 26 at kick-off
  5. 13
    Aleksandar KolarovProfile: Defender · 26 at kick-off
  6. 15
    Stefan SavićProfile: Defender · 21 at kick-off
  7. 30
    Costel PantilimonProfile: Goalkeeper · 25 at kick-off

Chelsea

Formation not supplied

Coach Not supplied

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    Petr ČechProfile: Goalkeeper · 29 at kick-off
  2. 3
    Ashley ColeProfile: Defender · 31 at kick-off
  3. 24
    Gary CahillProfile: Defender · 26 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 60′
  4. 2
    Branislav IvanovićProfile: Defender · 28 at kick-off
    Off 21′
  5. 4
    David LuizProfile: Defender · 24 at kick-off
  6. 8
    Frank LampardProfile: Midfielder · 33 at kick-off
  7. 12
    Mikel ObiProfile: Midfielder · 24 at kick-off
  8. 16
    Raul Trindade MeirelesProfile: Midfielder · 29 at kick-off
    Off 59′
  9. 7
    RamiresProfile: Midfielder · 24 at kick-off
  10. 9
    Fernando TorresProfile: Attacker · 28 at kick-off
    Off 73′
  11. 10
    MataProfile: Midfielder · 23 at kick-off

Substitutes7

  1. 17
    José Bosingwa da SilvaProfile: Defender · 29 at kick-off
    On 21′
  2. 5
    Michael EssienProfile: Midfielder · 29 at kick-off
    On 59′
  3. 11
    Didier Drogba TébilyProfile: Attacker · 34 at kick-off
    On 73′
  4. 15
    Florent MaloudaProfile: Midfielder · 31 at kick-off
  5. 21
    Salomon KalouProfile: Attacker · 26 at kick-off
  6. 22
    Ross TurnbullProfile: Goalkeeper · 27 at kick-off
  7. 23
    Daniel SturridgeProfile: Attacker · 22 at kick-off
04
FOLLOW THE MATCH

Events & commentary

Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

  2. SubstitutionManchester City

    Off Mario Barwuah Balotelli On Gareth Barry

  3. SubstitutionChelsea

    Off Raul Trindade Meireles On Michael Essien

  4. Normal GoalChelsea

    Gary Cahill

  5. SubstitutionManchester City

    Off Nigel de Jong On Carlos Tevez

  6. SubstitutionChelsea

    Off Fernando Torres On Didier Drogba Tébily

  7. SubstitutionManchester City

    Off David Silva On Edin Džeko

  8. PenaltyManchester City

    Sergio Agüero del Castillo

  9. Normal GoalManchester City

    Samir Nasri · Assist: Carlos Tevez

05
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Player performance

No individual performance data supplied

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06
THE BIGGER PICTURE

Recent form & meetings

Previous matches in this 2011/12 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

Manchester City

LSwansea vs Manchester City11 Mar 2012 · Regular Season - 281 – 0WManchester City vs Bolton3 Mar 2012 · Regular Season - 272 – 0WManchester City vs Blackburn25 Feb 2012 · Regular Season - 263 – 0WAston Villa vs Manchester City12 Feb 2012 · Regular Season - 250 – 1WManchester City vs Fulham4 Feb 2012 · Regular Season - 243 – 0

Chelsea

WChelsea vs Stoke City10 Mar 2012 · Regular Season - 281 – 0LWest Brom vs Chelsea3 Mar 2012 · Regular Season - 271 – 0WChelsea vs Bolton25 Feb 2012 · Regular Season - 263 – 0LEverton vs Chelsea11 Feb 2012 · Regular Season - 252 – 0DChelsea vs Manchester United5 Feb 2012 · Regular Season - 243 – 3
Previous meetings Within this cup import12 Dec 2011 · Chelsea 2 – 1 Manchester City

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API-Football · Retrieved 19 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.

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