Season 2007-08

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Barclays Premiership

  P  W  D  L  F  A
Home 19 12 7 0 36 13
Away 19 13 3 3 29 13
Total 38 25 10 3 65 26
Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
12th Aug 2007 Birmingham City (H) 41590 3-2 Essien, Malouda, Pizarro
15th Reading (A) 24031 2-1 Drogba, Lampard
19th Liverpool (A) 43924 1-1 Lampard
25th Portsmouth (H) 41501 1-0 Lampard
2nd Sep 2007 Aston Villa (A) 37714 0-2  
15th Blackburn Rovers (H) 41062 0-0  
23rd Manchester Utd (A) 75663 0-2  
29th Fulham (H) 41837 0-0  
7th Oct 2007 Bolton Wanderers (A) 20059 1-0 Kalou
20th Middlesbrough (A) 27699 2-0 Alex, Drogba
27th Manchester City (H) 41843 6-0 Joe Cole, Drogba (2), Essien, Kalou, Shevchenko
3rd Nov 2007 Wigan (A) 19011 2-0 Belletti, Lampard
11th Everton (H) 41683 1-1 Drogba
24th Derby County (A) 32789 2-0 Kalou, Wright-Phillips
1st Dec 2007 West Ham Utd (H) 41830 1-0 Joe Cole
8th Sunderland (H) 41707 2-0 Lampard, Shevchenko
16th Arsenal (A) 60139 0-1  
23rd Blackburn Rovers (A) 23966 1-0 Joe Cole
26th Aston Villa (H) 41686 4-4 Alex, Ballack, Shevchenko (2)
29th Newcastle Utd (H) 41751 2-1 Essien, Kalou
1st Jan 2008 Fulham (A) 25357 2-1 Ballack, Kalou
12th Tottenham (H) 41777 2-0 Belletti, Wright-Phillips
19th Birmingham City (A) 26567 1-0 Pizarro
30th Reading (H) 41171 1-0 Ballack
2nd Feb 2008 Portsmouth (A) 20488 1-1 Anelka
10th Liverpool (H) 41788 0-0  
1st Mar 2008 West Ham Utd (A) 34969 4-0 Ballack, Ashley Cole, Joe Cole, Lampard
12th Derby County (H) 39447 6-1 Joe Cole, Kalou, Lampard (4)
15th Sunderland (A) 44679 1-0 Terry
19th Tottenham (A) 36178 4-4 Joe Cole (2), Drogba, Essien
22nd Arsenal (H) 41824 2-1 Drogba (2)
30th Middlesbrough (H) 39993 1-0 Carvalho
5th Apr 2008 Manchester City (A) 42594 2-0 Dunne (og), Kalou
14th Wigan (H) 40487 1-1 Essien
17th Everton (A) 37112 1-0 Essien
26th Manchester Utd (H) 41828 2-1 Ballack (2)
5th May 2008 Newcastle Utd (A) 52305 2-0 Ballack, Malouda
11th Bolton Wanderers (H) 41755 1-1 Shevchenko

Gate Statistics (Barclays Premiership)

Venue Lowest Highest Total / Games Average
Home 39447 (Derby County) 41843 (Manchester City) 786560 / 19 41398
Away 19011 (Wigan) 75663 (Manchester Utd) 685244 / 19 36065
All 19011 (Wigan, Away) 75663 (Manchester Utd, Away) 1471804 / 38 38732

Barclays Premiership

Pos   Team   P   W   D   L   F   A   Pts   GD
1 Manchester Utd 38 27 6 5 80 22 87 +58
2 Chelsea 38 25 10 3 65 26 85 +39
3 Arsenal 38 24 11 3 74 31 83 +43
4 Liverpool 38 21 13 4 67 28 76 +39
5 Everton 38 19 8 11 55 33 65 +22
6 Aston Villa 38 16 12 10 71 51 60 +20
7 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 13 10 50 48 58 +2
8 Portsmouth 38 16 9 13 48 40 57 +8
9 Manchester City 38 15 10 13 45 53 55 -8
10 West Ham Utd 38 13 10 15 42 50 49 -8
11 Tottenham 38 11 13 14 66 61 46 +5
12 Newcastle Utd 38 11 10 17 45 65 43 -20
13 Middlesbrough 38 10 12 16 43 53 42 -10
14 Wigan 38 10 10 18 34 51 40 -17
15 Sunderland 38 11 6 21 36 59 39 -23
16 Bolton Wanderers 38 9 10 19 36 54 37 -18
17 Fulham 38 8 12 18 38 60 36 -22
18 Reading 38 10 6 22 41 66 36 -25
19 Birmingham City 38 8 11 19 46 62 35 -16
20 Derby County 38 1 8 29 20 89 11 -69

Week-By-Week League Positions

European Champions' League, Group Phase

P  W  D  L  F  A
6 3 3 0 9 2
Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
18th Sep 2007 Rosenborg (H) 24973 1-1 Shevchenko
3rd Oct 2007 Valencia (A) 52000 2-1 Joe Cole, Drogba
24th Schalke 04 (H) 40910 2-0 Drogba, Malouda
6th Nov 2007 Schalke 04 (A) 53951 0-0  
28th Rosenborg (A) 21582 4-0 Alex, Joe Cole, Drogba (2)
11th Dec 2007 Valencia (H) 41139 0-0  

European Champions' League, Finals

P  W  D  L  F  A
7 3 3 1 11 6
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
1st Round 1st Leg 19th Feb 2008 Olympiakos (A) 29500 0-0  
2nd Leg 5th Mar 2008 Olympiakos (H) 37721 3-0 (3-0 agg) Ballack, Kalou, Lampard
Quarter-Final 1st Leg 2nd Apr 2008 Fenerbahce (A) 49000 1-2 Deivid (og)
2nd Leg 8th Apr 2008 Fenerbahce (H) 38369 2-0 (3-2 agg) Ballack, Lampard
Semi-Final 1st Leg 22nd Apr 2008 Liverpool (A) 42180 1-1 Riise (og)
2nd Leg 30th Apr 2008 Liverpool (H) 38900 3-2 (4-3 agg) [aet; 1-1 ft] Drogba (2), Lampard
Final 21st May 2008 Manchester Utd 69552 1-1 [aet [1-1 ft]; 5-6 pens] Lampard

FA Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
4 3 0 1 6 3
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
3rd Round 5th Jan 2008 QPR (H) 41289 1-0 Camp (og)
4th Round 26th Jan 2008 Wigan (A) 14166 2-1 Anelka, Wright-Phillips
5th Round 16th Feb 2008 Huddersfield (H) 41324 3-1 Kalou, Lampard (2)
Quarter-Final 8th Mar 2008 Barnsley (A) 22410 0-1  

Carling League Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
6 5 0 1 14 6
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
3rd Round 26th Sep 2007 Hull City (A) 23543 4-0 Kalou (2), Sidwell, Sinclair
4th Round 31st Oct 2007 Leicester City (H) 40037 4-3 Lampard (3), Shevchenko
Quarter-Final 19th Dec 2007 Liverpool (H) 41366 2-0 Lampard, Shevchenko
Semi-Final 1st Leg 8th Jan 2008 Everton (H) 41178 2-1 Lescott (og), Wright-Phillips
2nd Leg 23rd Jan 2008 Everton (A) 37086 1-0 (3-1 agg) Joe Cole
Final 24th Feb 2008 Tottenham 87660 1-2 [aet; 1-1 ft] Drogba

FA Community Shield

Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
5th Aug 2007 Manchester Utd 80731 1-1 [0-3 pens] Malouda

Goal Scorers

Key

  League   Barclays Premiership
  ECLG   European Champions' League, Group Phase
  ECLF   European Champions' League, Finals
  CLC   Carling League Cup
  Shield   FA Community Shield

Player Total League ECLG ECLF FA Cup CLC Shield
Frank Lampard 20 10   4 2 4  
Didier Drogba 15 8 4 2   1  
Salomon Kalou 11 7   1 1 2  
Joe Cole 10 7 2     1  
Michael Ballack 9 7   2      
Andriy Shevchenko 8 5 1     2  
Michael Essien 6 6          
Florent Malouda 4 2 1       1
Shaun Wright-Phillips 4 2     1 1  
Alex 3 2 1        
Juliano Belletti 2 2          
Claudio Pizarro 2 2          
Nicolas Anelka 2 1     1    
Ricardo Carvalho 1 1          
Ashley Cole 1 1          
John Terry 1 1          
Steve Sidwell 1         1  
Scott Sinclair 1         1  
Total 101 64 9 9 5 13 1

Appearances

Key

  League   Barclays Premiership
  ECLG   European Champions' League, Group Phase
  ECLF   European Champions' League, Finals
  CLC   Carling League Cup
  Shield   FA Community Shield

The first number is the number of appearances
as a starter; the second number is the number
of appearances as a substitute.

Player Total League ECLG ECLF FA Cup CLC Shield
Joe Cole 45/10 28/5 5/1 7/- 2/1 2/3 1/-
Ashley Cole 40/1 27/- 3/- 7/- 1/- 1/1 1/-
Petr Cech 40/- 26/- 5/- 4/- 1/- 3/- 1/-
Michael Essien 39/7 23/4 6/- 5/1 1/1 3/1 1/-
Frank Lampard 38/2 23/1 4/- 6/1 1/- 3/- 1/-
Ricardo Carvalho 38/- 21/- 3/- 7/- 2/- 4/- 1/-
John Terry 37/- 23/- 4/- 6/- 2/- 2/-  
Salomon Kalou 33/15 24/6 2/3 3/3 2/1 2/2  
Alex 32/7 22/6 4/1 1/- 2/- 3/-  
Juliano Belletti 32/6 20/3 3/1 1/2 2/- 6/-  
Shaun Wright-Phillips 31/9 20/6 2/2 -/1 3/- 5/- 1/-
Florent Malouda 29/9 16/5 4/- 4/3 2/- 2/1 1/-
Claude Makalele 29/4 15/2 5/1 7/- 1/- 1/1  
Didier Drogba 29/3 17/2 4/- 7/- -/1 1/-  
John Obi Mikel 28/11 21/8 1/2 -/1 2/- 3/- 1/-
Michael Ballack 25/5 16/2   7/- 1/1 1/2  
Paulo Ferreira 23/5 15/3 3/- 2/- 2/1 1/1  
Wayne Bridge 19/3 9/2 3/-   3/- 4/1  
Carlo Cudicini 18/1 10/- 1/1 3/- 2/- 2/-  
Tal Ben Haim 17/6 10/3 1/1   2/- 3/2 1/-
Nicolas Anelka 14/10 10/4   -/5 2/1 2/-  
Steve Sidwell 13/12 7/8 -/1   3/- 3/2 -/1
Andriy Shevchenko 12/13 8/9 2/2 -/1 -/1 2/-  
Claudio Pizarro 10/22 4/17 1/1   2/2 3/1 -/1
Scott Sinclair 5/2 -/1     2/- 3/- -/1
Henrique Hilario 4/2 2/1   -/1 1/- 1/-  
Glen Johnson 2/1 1/1         1/-
Lassana Diarra -/1           -/1
Games Played 62 38 6 7 4 6 1

Discipline

Key

  League   Barclays Premiership
  ECLG   European Champions' League, Group Phase
  ECLF   European Champions' League, Finals
  CLC   Carling League Cup
  Shield   FA Community Shield

The first number is the number of bookings; the
second number is the number of dismissals.

Player Total League ECLG ECLF FA Cup CLC Shield
Ricardo Carvalho 12/1 6/1   2/- 2/- 1/- 1/-
Michael Essien 9/1 5/1 2/- 2/-      
John Terry 8/- 6/-   2/-      
Juliano Belletti 8/- 5/-   1/-   2/-  
John Obi Mikel 7/2 5/1       1/1 1/-
Alex 7/- 4/- 1/- 1/- 1/-    
Didier Drogba 6/2 6/1   -/1      
Michael Ballack 6/- 5/-   1/-      
Joe Cole 6/- 5/-       1/-  
Ashley Cole 5/1 4/1   1/-      
Frank Lampard 5/- 4/-   1/-      
Tal Ben Haim 4/- 2/-       1/- 1/-
Claude Makalele 4/- 1/-   2/-   1/-  
Florent Malouda 2/- 2/-          
Paulo Ferreira 2/- 1/-   1/-      
Steve Sidwell 2/- 1/-       1/-  
Salomon Kalou 1/- 1/-          
Claudio Pizarro 1/- 1/-          
Shaun Wright-Phillips 1/- 1/-          
Total 96/7 65/5 3/- 14/1 3/- 8/1 3/-