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2¹	GOAL!! A quick-witted FERNANDO TORRES pounced on a loose ball on the right and made no mistake. (1-0 Chelsea)
10¹	PANDEV touched the ball through a crowd of players but KUSZCZAK was a match for it as he dived to his left.
16¹	The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from GOMEZ.
23¹	PANDEV shot wide.
29¹	RONALDINHO poked a simple chance past the near post.
34¹	A penalty box scramble resulted in PANDEV tapping the ball wide.
36¹	GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was expertly fired into the roof of the net by PANDEV. (2-0 Chelsea)
45¹	PANDEV placed a right foot shot over from just outside the area.
45¹	An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of CECH by GOMEZ.
47¹	PANDEV's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
0²	DENÍLSON made space on the right and knocked the ball to MATA who touched the ball over.
2²	MATA was put clear by GOMEZ and he beat the 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
6²	GOAL!! As COLE was attempting to hold back MICHEL SALGADO the ball dropped to GOMEZ who slammed the ball into the net. (2-1 Chelsea)
9²	GOAL!! A free-kick was punched clear by the West Ham United 'keeper, FERNANDO TORRES was first to the loose ball and floated the ball to DANIEL to hammer in. (3-1 Chelsea)
12²	A cross from TOURÉ left PANDEV in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
24²	DANIEL headed inches wide.
28²	TOURÉ beat GALLAS and hit the ball to PANDEV who hit his shot wide.
29²	A great effort from RICARDO CARVALHO scraped the woodwork.
34²	PANDEV fluffed an easy chance.
39²	FERNANDO TORRES beat a number of West Ham United players and thundered a golden opportunity over.
40²	RIBÉRY kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.
43²	GOAL!! A short corner was played out to PANDEV who fired the ball into the net. (4-1 Chelsea)

Chelsea

League position:

Home league form:

WWWX

Overall league form:

WWWWWWXW

Formation:

4-4-2

Line-ups

Petr CECH	7	1	6½	Tomasz KUSZCZAK
DANIEL Alves	7	2	6½	William GALLAS
Ashley COLE	7½	3	7	FERNANDO NAVARRO Corbacho
RICARDO Alberto CARVALHO	7½	4	6	Angelo PALOMBO
^(c)John TERRY	8	5	6½	NALDO
Carles PUYOL	7	6	6½	Aleksei BEREZUTSKY^(c)
^(f)Goran PANDEV	7	7	6	MICHEL SALGADO
Yaya TOURÉ	7½	8	6	DENÍLSON Pereira
^(p)FERNANDO José TORRES	7½	9	7½	Mario GOMEZ
Franck RIBÉRY	8	10	6	Rafael VAN DER VAART^(p,f)
RONALDINHO	8	11	5½	Juan MATA
Heath BROWN	Manager			Martin MIDDLETON
Anthony GRANT		12		Steven TAYLOR
DIEGO LÓPEZ Rodríguez		13		Miguel TORRES
Scott SINCLAIR		14		Johan DJOUROU
XABI ALONSO Olano		15		Joe WIDDOWSON
ALEX Rodrigo		16		Mark NOBLE

West Ham United

League position:

Away league form:

LWLX

Overall league form:

WLLWXWWL

Formation:

4-3-3

Statistics

Chelsea 4 West Ham United 1

(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 21,227, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Barry Knight 8, stadium work in progress)

Fernando Torres 2¹, Pandev 36¹, Daniel 9², Pandev 43²

Scorers

Substitutions

Sent off

Bookings

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

Gomez 6²

63%

37%

¶ Man of the match: Franck Ribéry ¶