Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 January 2007

Result

Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 20 January 2007, 12:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea: match report

Liverpool defeated Chelsea 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 January 2007. The half-time score was 2-0.

Dirk Kuyt opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Liverpool's goals came from Dirk Kuyt (3') and Jermaine Pennant (18'). Chelsea did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 3rd on 43 points from 23 and Chelsea 2nd on 51 points from 23. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 68 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 83.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Dirk KuytLiverpool · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Jermaine PennantLiverpool · 2-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Paulo FerreiraChelsea

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Liverpool line-up

Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, Daniel Agger, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Fábio Aurélio, Jamie Carragher, Jermaine Pennant, Peter Crouch, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso

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