Chelsea 4-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 October 2004

Result

Chelsea 4-0 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 23 October 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Chelsea 4-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Chelsea won against Blackburn Rovers 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 October 2004. The half-time score was 2-0.

Eiður Guðjohnsen opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Eiður Guðjohnsen (37'), Eiður Guðjohnsen (38'), Eiður Guðjohnsen (51', penalty) and Damien Duff (74'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

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

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 20 points from 9 and Blackburn Rovers 18th on 6 points from 9. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · G. FlitcroftBlackburn Rovers
  • 37'Goal · Eiður GuðjohnsenChelsea · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Eiður GuðjohnsenChelsea · 2-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Scott ParkerChelsea
  • 51'Penalty goal · Eiður GuðjohnsenChelsea · 3-0
  • 74'Goal · Damien DuffChelsea · 4-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Lucas NeillBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Chelsea 2, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 1.