Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 30 October 2010
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 30 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Chelsea: match report
Blackburn Rovers lost to Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 October 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.
Benjamin Mwaruwari opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Benjamin Mwaruwari (21'). Chelsea scored through Nicolas Anelka (39') and Branislav Ivanović (84').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 9 points from 9 and Chelsea 1st on 22 points from 9. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 71.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 2 draws and 7 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-D-L-W-D and Chelsea's W-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Benjamin Mwaruwari
- 33'Yellow card · Míchel Salgado
- 39'Goal · Nicolas Anelka
- 66'Yellow card · Didier Drogba
- 80'Yellow card · Branislav Ivanović
- 81'Yellow card · Ryan Nelsen
- 84'Goal · Branislav Ivanović
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-1-4-1)
Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, El-Hadji Diouf, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Mame Diouf, Ryan Nelsen
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, Yury Zhirkov, John Terry, Alex, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Florent Malouda, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka