Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 17 September 2006

Result

Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool

Premier League · Sunday 17 September 2006, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool: match report

Chelsea won against Liverpool 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 17 September 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Didier Drogba of Chelsea in the 42nd minute.

Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Liverpool received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 4th on 9 points from 4 and Liverpool 12th on 4 points from 3. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Liverpool 3rd with 68.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 2 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Stephen WarnockLiverpool
  • 27'Yellow card · Khalid BoulahrouzChelsea
  • 30'Yellow card · Didier DrogbaChelsea
  • 42'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Mohamed SissokoLiverpool
  • 51'Red card · Michael BallackChelsea
  • 90'Yellow card · Petr ČechChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 5, draws 3, Liverpool 2.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up

Damien Duff, William Gallas, John Terry, Paulo Ferreira, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Arjen Robben, Petr Čech, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé

Liverpool line-up

Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, Daniel Agger, Jamie Carragher, Stephen Warnock, Jermaine Pennant, Mohamed Sissoko, Craig Bellamy, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso