Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 27 August 2006

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 27 August 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Chelsea: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 27 August 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.

Frank Lampard opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Blackburn Rovers did not score. Chelsea scored through Frank Lampard (48', penalty) and Didier Drogba (81').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 19th on 1 point from 2 and Chelsea 10th on 3 points from 2. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 83.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Robbie SavageBlackburn Rovers
  • 48'Penalty goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 0-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Andre OoijerBlackburn Rovers
  • 65'Yellow card · Claude MakéléléChelsea
  • 81'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 0-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Zurab KhizanishviliBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 3, Chelsea 5.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Zurab Khizanishvili, Steven Reid, Andre Ooijer, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Jason Roberts, Brad Friedel, B. McCarthy

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