Premiership · Matchday 36

Chelsea v Manchester United

2–1

Saturday 26th April 2008 · Stamford Bridge · Att: 41,828

Manchester United lost 1–2 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday 26th April 2008 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (56') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
14' Owen Hargreaves for Vidic
45' Michael Ballack
45+1' Michael Ballack 1–0
Half Time
52' Wesley Brown
56' Wayne Rooney 1–1
63' Cristiano Ronaldo for Rooney
65' John O'Shea for Anderson
77' John Obi Mikel
86' Michael Ballack pen 2–1
86' Edwin van der Sar
88' Didier Drogba
90' Rio Ferdinand
90' Owen Hargreaves
Full Time 2–1

Match Facts

Wayne Rooney's 18th goal of 2007-2008, and his 77th for United.

Starting XI

Player

10 Wayne Rooney 56'

Substitutes

14' for Vidic

63' for Rooney

65' for Anderson

Chelsea Lineup

Starting XI

1 Petr Cech G

3 Ashley Cole D

5 Michael Essien M

6 Ricardo Carvalho D

10 Joe Cole M

11 Didier Drogba F

12 John Obi Mikel M

13 Michael Ballack M ⚽⚽

20 Paulo Ferreira D

21 Salomon Kalou F

26 John Terry D

Substitutes

4 Claude Makelele on

7 Andriy Shevchenko on

23 Carlo Cudicini

35 Juliano Belletti

39 Nicolas Anelka on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Avram Grant

Chelsea

Match Information

Man Utd Chelsea

47%

Possession

53%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Chelsea History

Meeting 150 of 199

199

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

312

Goals For

238

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Monday 25th December 1905. After this match United had played Chelsea 150 times: 65W 44D 41L.

19 May 2007 L 0–1 FAC 5 Aug 2007 D 1–1 CS 23 Sep 2007 W 2–0 PL

26 Apr 2008 L 1–2 This match

21 May 2008 D 1–1 EC 21 Sep 2008 D 1–1 PL 11 Jan 2009 W 3–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	94	42	32	20	148	88	44.7
Away	94	37	25	32	149	136	39.4
Neutral	11	3	4	4	15	14	27.3

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →