Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 2 May 2006
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Chelsea
Premier League · Tuesday 2 May 2006, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Chelsea: match report
Blackburn Rovers won against Chelsea 1-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 2 May 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Steven Reid of Blackburn Rovers in the 43rd minute.
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 6th on 57 points from 36 and Chelsea 1st on 91 points from 36. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Chelsea 1st with 91.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 3 draws and 5 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read W-L-L-D-D and Chelsea's W-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 42'Yellow card · Geremi N'Djitap Fotso
- 43'Goal · Steven Reid
- 43'Yellow card · Robbie Savage
- 56'Yellow card · D. Duff
- 60'Yellow card · Michael Gray
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up
Lucas Neill, Zurab Khizanishvili, Steven Reid, Michael Gray, Robbie Savage, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Tugay Kerimoglu, Daniel Bentley, Craig Bellamy, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Brad Friedel
Chelsea expected line-up
Petr Čech, Damien Duff, William Gallas, John Terry, Del Horno, Michael Essien, Arjen Robben, Didier Drogba, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Claude Makélélé