Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 13 December 2006
Result
Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Wednesday 13 December 2006, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle United: match report
Chelsea defeated Newcastle United 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 13 December 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Didier Drogba of Chelsea in the 74th minute.
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 36 points from 16 and Newcastle United 14th on 19 points from 16. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Newcastle United 13th with 43.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Newcastle United's W-W-W-D-D.
Key events
- 62'Yellow card · Michael Essien
- 74'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 77'Yellow card · Peter Ramage
- 90+1'Yellow card · Celestine Babayaro
- 90+4'Yellow card · Claude Makélélé
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up
John Terry, William Gallas, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Didier Drogba, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé, Petr Čech, Damien Duff, Eiður Guðjohnsen
Newcastle United line-up
Shay Given, Peter Ramage, Steven Taylor, Paul Huntington, Celestine Babayaro, Charles N'Zogbia, James Milner, Antoine Sibierski, Obafemi Martins, Giuseppe Rossi, Nicky Butt