Chelsea 2-1 Charlton Athletic: result and report

Chelsea 2-1 Charlton Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 9 September 2006, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea won against Charlton Athletic 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 September 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (6') and Ricardo Carvalho (63'). Charlton Athletic scored through Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (54').

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Charlton Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 5th on 6 points from 3 and Charlton Athletic 15th on 3 points from 3. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Charlton Athletic 19th with 34.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 3 for Charlton Athletic.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-L-W and Charlton Athletic's W-L-L.