Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 December 2007

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 23 December 2007, 16:10 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Chelsea: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Chelsea 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 December 2007. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Joe Cole of Chelsea in the 22nd minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 9th on 26 points from 17 and Chelsea 3rd on 34 points from 17. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to F. Lampard of Chelsea (8.5), ahead of Roque Santa Cruz (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 6 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · AlexChelsea
  • 22'Goal · Joe ColeChelsea · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · David DunnBlackburn Rovers
  • 78'Yellow card · Ricardo CarvalhoChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 2, Chelsea 6.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Brad Friedel, Brett Emerton, Zurab Khizanishvili, Ryan Nelsen, Stephen Warnock, Steven Reid, David Dunn, Tugay Kerimoglu, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Daniel Bentley, Roque Santa Cruz

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho, Alex, Ashley Cole, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, F. Lampard, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Andriy Shevchenko, Joe Cole