• Date: Sun 17 August 2008
  • Venue: Stamford Bridge
  • Ref: Dean, M
  • Attendance: 41,468
Chelsea

Chelsea

Cole (12)

Anelka (26)

Lampard (45) P

Deco (89)

4 - 0
Portsmouth

Portsmouth

Chelsea vs Portsmouth

Team Lineups

Chelsea

Petr Cech
John Terry
Ricardo Carvalho
Ashley Cole
Jose da Silva Bosingwa (Paulo Ferreira, 83)
Michael Ballack (Florent Malouda, 38)
Frank Lampard
John Obi Mikel
Joe Cole (Shaun Wright-Phillips, 78)
Souza Deco
Nicolas Anelka

Portsmouth

David James
Younes Kaboul
Sol Campbell
Sylvain Distin
Hermann Hreidarsson
Glen Johnson
Niko Kranjcar (Jerome Thomas, 73)
Lassana Diarra, L (Arnold Mvuemba, 68)
Papa Bouba Diop
Peter Crouch
Jermain Defoe

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