Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 1 February 2004

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 1 February 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Chelsea: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Chelsea 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 1 February 2004. The half-time score was 1-2.

G. Flitcroft opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from G. Flitcroft (3') and Paul Gallagher (87'). Chelsea scored through Frank Lampard (25'), Frank Lampard (35') and Glen Johnson (88').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 16th on 23 points from 22 and Chelsea 3rd on 46 points from 22. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 44 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 3 draws and 1 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-L-D-W-D and Chelsea's D-W-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · G. FlitcroftBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 1-1
  • 35'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 1-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Tugay KerimogluBlackburn Rovers
  • 82'Yellow card · Lucas NeillBlackburn Rovers
  • 87'Goal · Paul GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 2-2
  • 88'Goal · Glen JohnsonChelsea · 2-3

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 1, draws 3, Chelsea 1.