Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 11 March 2006

Result

Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 11 March 2006, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 March 2006. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Michael Essien opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Michael Essien (14') and William Gallas (90'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Jermaine Jenas (45').

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 72 points from 28 and Tottenham Hotspur 4th on 49 points from 28. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 5th with 65.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 0 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Michael EssienChelsea · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Jermaine JenasTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · D. DuffChelsea
  • 90'Yellow card · Didier DrogbaChelsea
  • 90'Goal · William GallasChelsea · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 7, draws 3, Tottenham Hotspur 0.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up

Petr Čech, Damien Duff, William Gallas, John Terry, Del Horno, Michael Essien, Arjen Robben, Didier Drogba, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Claude Makélélé

Tottenham Hotspur line-up

Paul Robinson, Paul Stalteri, Young-Pyo Lee, Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Michael Carrick, Jermaine Jenas, Edgar Davids, Teemu Tainio, R. Keane, Mido