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
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.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Alex
- 22'Goal · Joe Cole
- 37'Yellow card · David Dunn
- 78'Yellow card · Ricardo Carvalho
Head-to-head
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