Premiership · Matchday 33
Manchester United v Chelsea
1–2
Manchester United lost 1–2 to Chelsea at Old Trafford on Saturday 3rd April 2010 in the Premiership. Federico Macheda (80') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 19' Joe Cole 0–1
- 35' Paul Scholes
- 44' Gary Neville
- Half Time
- 70' Deco
- 71' Federico Macheda for Park
- 72' Joe Cole
- 72' Luis Nani for Scholes
- 78' Didier Drogba 0–2
- 80' Federico Macheda 1–2
- 85' Darren Fletcher
- 86' Darron Gibson for Fletcher
- Full Time 1–2
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
Substitutes
Federico Macheda
80' 71' for Park
Luis Nani
72' for Scholes
Darron Gibson
86' for Fletcher
Chelsea Lineup
Starting XI
1 Petr Cech G
8 Frank Lampard LM
10 Joe Cole RM ⚽
12 John Obi Mikel CM
15 Florent Malouda F
18 Yuri Zhirkov LB
19 Paulo Ferreira RB
20 Deco RF
26 John Terry CD-L
33 Alex CD-R
39 Nicolas Anelka LF
Substitutes
11 Didier Drogba on ⚽
13 Michael Ballack on
21 Salomon Kalou on
22 Ross Turnbull
23 Daniel Sturridge
35 Juliano Belletti
43 Jeffrey Bruma
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Carlo Ancelotti
Chelsea
United vs Chelsea History
Meeting 156 of 199
199
Played
82
Won
61
Drawn
56
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 156 times: 66W 47D 43L.
11 Jan 2009 W 3–0 PL 9 Aug 2009 D 2–2 CS 8 Nov 2009 L 0–1 PL
3 Apr 2010 L 1–2 This match
8 Aug 2010 W 3–1 CS 1 Mar 2011 L 1–2 PL 6 Apr 2011 W 1–0 EC | 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 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →