Chelsea 2-1 Portsmouth

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Referee blows the whistle for full time and it finishes 2-1 Chelsea. It wasn't the most attractive victory for the Blues but they got the points and Portsmouth remain rock-bottom of the Premier League despite a good effort at Stamford Bridge.

90+3 Borini has a shot from long range but it goes wide of the goal again

90+2 Joe Cole turns away from Mullins and gets his shot in but it's just wide of the goal

90+1 Borini nearly capitalises on Ben-Haim's pass back to Begovic, he finds his way round the keeper but his shot runs wide of the post

90 Official signals for four minutes added time

88 Portsmouth get the ball forwards but O'Hara's pass down the right flank goes out of play

87 Joe Cole gets the ball to Anelka but his shot goes straight into the hands of Begovic

84 Substitution for Portsmouth. Mokoena replaced by John Utaka

82 Free-kick from Lampard reaches the Chelsea players in the box but Portsmouth clear

80 Ben-Haim fouls Joe Cole and Chelsea get a free-kick in Portsmouth's half

78 LAMPARD! Great strike from Lampard goes to the left of Begovic and straight into the back of the net

77 Penalty for Chelsea. Ivanovic tackled by Wilson in the box

74 Joe Cole attacks but the referee flags for offisde and Begovic takes the free-kick

73 Frank Lampard has a shot on goal but Begovic saves

72 Lampard takes the corner but Ben-Haim clears

72 Anelka makes a good run into the box but the Portsmouth defence clear for a corner

70 Chelsea substitution sees Kalou make way for Fabio Borini

70 Picquionne is injured and limps off to be replaced by Dindane

66 Malouda has a shot but Begovic collects

65 Jamie O'Hara fails to make the most of a Portsmouth free-kick

63 Malouda replaces Mikel

61 Ashley Cole saves Chelsea from conceding a goal as Boateng was given far too much space in the box

60 Joe Cole takes the ball into the box but the Pompey defence do well to clear

Diop comes off and is replaced by Richard Hughes

Joe Cole replaces Deco who looks to be struggling

55 Mokoena puts a good ball through for O'Hara but the linesman flags for offside

53 Deco has a shot from long range but it goes well over the post

51 Chelsea corner reaches Ballack but he heads over the goal

50 GOAL PIQUIONNE! O'Hara takes the free-kick it hits the wall and falls nicely for Piquionne who volleys past Cech

49 Boateng gets a free-kick after being tackled by Terry

48 Portsmouth attack and Boateng passes the ball into the box for O'Hara but he can't get to it

47 Deco finds Anelka but Wilson manages to get possession for Portsmouth, good defending from Wilson

46 Second half gets underway, neither side have made any changes at half-time

Marc thinks Chelsea are missing Drogba already, Carlo has to make a few signings in January and secure the Premier League and Champions League,an attacking midfield and striker would be great. Marc is predicting a 3-0 win to Chelsea tonight, Kalou and Lampard to finish it.

Thoughts from fans: Neil is a blues fan, he says "I think the second half will be a lot more precise. Chelsea know it doesn't take long to score a goal and will want to kiss goodbye to a team who look in real danger. I predict 4-0. Lampard and Anelka likely scorers."

45+2 Referee blows the whistle for half-time. Chelsea have had all of the possession in the first half and deserve their 1-0 lead.

45 Ben-Haim recieves treatment after Diop jumped for the ball and collided with his teammate

44 Deco crosses into the box but Diop throws himself at the ball and heads out for a corner

43 Cole gets into the box, his shot beats Begovic but runs just wide of the post

42 O'Hara crosses to Boateng who shoots well wide of the target

40 Deco and Kalou combine well, Lampard makes a good run into the box but his shot goes straight into the hands of Begovic

39 O'Hara takes a free kick from the left but Ben-Haim heads over

38 A good cross from Hreidarsson is cushioned by Boateng and O'Hara wastes a good opportunity on goal

37 Alex takes the free-kick, there's power behind it but it just goes wide

36 Diop fouls Lampard a few yards outside of the box and free-kick is given

35 O'Hara takes the free-kick but it's not very impressive and Cech saves easily

34 Portsmouth free-kick as Diop is taken down by Mikel

33 Piquionne has the first Pompey chance but Cech bats it away, Hreidarsson gets to it but is challenged and the ball goes out for a corner

32 Ivanovic crosses from the right, Ballack's in the box ready but Finnan clears

31 Hreidarsson crosses for Boateng but the Chelsea defence clears

29 Anelka and Cole combine well down the left but can't get past the Pompey defence

26 Shot from Frank Lampard inside the box goes easily over the post

25 Cole makes a great run down the left and crosses for Kalou but there's too much on it

24 Ball is crossed in by Anelka but Diop clears

21 GOAL ANELKA! Alex shows great strength in getting the ball into the box for Anelka who fires it into the bottom right hand side of the net

20 Good run from Boateng but Mikel tackles and Chelsea have possession again

19 Ivanovic tries to find Cole with a cross but there's too much on it and Begovic collects

17 Lampard has a shot on goal but Begovic does well and scoops up the ball

15 Effort by Ballack goes wide to the right of the goal

13 O'Hara takes the free-kick inside the Chelsea half but it's easy for Cech

12 Terry goes in late on O'Hara and is lucky not to get a yellow card

10 Cole takes the ball off O'Hara and crosses to Anelka but Anelka's pass to Ivanovic goes out of play

9 Chelsea go forward again but Anelka is flagged for offside

8 Deco's corner reaches Ballack's head but after bouncing around in the box it's cleared by Pompey

6 Chelsea have most of the possession, Ivanovic feeds Anelka who shoots but it's tipped wide by Begovic for a corner

4 Corner flies in from the right but Kalou misses a good oppurtunity in the box

4 Cole passes to Anelka who fires just to the left of the post, Begovic gets a hand to it and it goes out for a corner

2 Deco crosses in from the left for Lampard but he fires well over from inside the box

1 Ballack has the first chance of the match but his shot from long range goes over the post and Begovic has nothing to worry about

1 Boateng steals the ball from Mikel and takes it down the left but fails to get it in the box

1 The game kicks off

Lian is a big Chelsea fan and thinks that it will be a good game as Chelsea will be too strong for Portsmouth. Lian is predicting a 3-0 Blues win.

Scott is going with a 5-0 win to Chelsea with Drogba scoring a hat-trick and Lampard scoring two.

Saif thinks Chelsea will win 3-0. They should have learnt from their mistakes from set pieces so Saif doesn't expect Pompey to score. Anelka to score at least one goal.

Team news: Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba failed a fitness test on his injured back and was replaced by fit again Salomon Kalou for Chelsea's Barclays Premier League clash with Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge. Brazilian defender Alex started his first game in three-and-a-half weeks with Ricardo Carvalho moving to the bench and Deco replaced England midfielder Joe Cole. Frank Lampard made his 300th league appearance for Chelsea, the 17th player to reach the milestone for the club ,while Nicolas Anelka appeared in his 100th Chelsea game in all competitions. Portsmouth were much changed with Asmir Begovic in goal in place of David James, Tal Ben-Haim moving from right-back to centre-back in place of suspended Younes Kaboul and Frederic Piquionne replacing Kanu as the lone striker.

Kris thinks Pompey will give Chelsea a very though battle but in the end Chelsea will run winners 3 or 4 nil, the same as they did against Man United. He doesn't think that Pompey will trouble Chelsea's defence.

Sky Bet go 1/6 for a Chelsea win, 6/1 for the draw and 14/1 for a Portsmouth victory

James says Chelsea will be too good for Pompey tonight, but with the frailties in Chelsea's defence he predicts Pompey will score 1 or 2 from set pieces. He's going for 4-2 Chelsea, Lampard hat-trick.

Portsmouth: Begovic, Finnan, Ben-Haim, Wilson, Hreidarsson, Mokoena, Mullins, O'Hara, Diop, Boateng, Piquionne. Subs: Ashdown, Utaka, Vanden Borre, Hughes, Dindane, Yebda, Belhadj.

Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Alex, Terry, Ashley Cole, Mikel, Ballack, Lampard, Deco, Anelka, Kalou. Subs: Hilario, Carvalho, Joe Cole, Malouda, Zhirkov, Paulo Ferreira, Borini.

Hello and welcome to tonight's Premier League clash between Chelsea and Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge. Can Avram Grant make a winning return to the Blues? Or are Chelsea just too strong for struggling Pompey?