Chelsea 2-2 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006
Result
Chelsea 2-2 Reading
Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 2-2 Reading: match report
Chelsea drew with Reading 2-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 December 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (38') and Didier Drogba (72'). Reading scored through L. Lita (67') and an own goal by Michael Essien (85').
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Reading received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 45 points from 19 and Reading 9th on 26 points from 19. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Reading 8th with 55.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Chelsea win, 0 draws and 0 for Reading.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Reading's L-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 38'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 67'Goal · L. Lita
- 72'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 75'Yellow card · L. Lita
- 85'Own goal · Michael Essien
- 88'Yellow card · Michael Ballack
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
Reading line-up
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ibrahima Sonko, Ivar Ingimarsson, Steve Sidwell, James Harper, Leroy Lita, Kevin Doyle, Graeme Murty, Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson, Glen Little