Hostia rozhodli už v prvom polčase, keď skrumáž po rohovom kope využil Diego Costa a z bezprostrednej blízkosti nedal brankárovi domácich šancu. Zverenci Antonia Conteho triumfovali v šiestom ligovom zápase po sebe a s náskokom jedného bodu pred FC Liverpool vedú tabuľku Premier League.
Výsledok nedeľňajšieho stretnutia 12. kola Premier League:
Middlesbrough – FC Chelsea 0:1 (0:1)
Gól: 41. Diego Costa
| Tabuľka: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z | V | R | P | S | B | ||
| 1. | Chelsea | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27:9 | 28 |
| 2. | Liverpool | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30:14 | 27 |
| 3. | Manchester City | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27:11 | 27 |
| 4. | Arsenal | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25:12 | 25 |
| 5. | Tottenham | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18:8 | 24 |
| 6. | Manchester United | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17:14 | 19 |
| 7. | Everton | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16:14 | 19 |
| 8. | Watford | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17:20 | 18 |
| 9. | Bournemouth | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14:16 | 15 |
| 10. | Southampton | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12:12 | 14 |
| 11. | Burnley | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11:15 | 14 |
| 12. | West Bromwich | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12:15 | 13 |
| 13. | Stoke | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13:19 | 13 |
| 14. | Leicester | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14:20 | 12 |
| 15. | Middlesbrough | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10:13 | 11 |
| 16. | Crystal Palace | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17:21 | 11 |
| 17. | West Ham | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13:23 | 11 |
| 18. | Hull | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10:27 | 10 |
| 19. | Sunderland | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12:21 | 8 |
| 20. | Swansea | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11:22 | 6 |