Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 November 2008

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 9 November 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Chelsea: match report

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 November 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Blackburn Rovers did not score. Chelsea scored through Nicolas Anelka (39') and Nicolas Anelka (68').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 14th on 13 points from 11 and Chelsea 2nd on 26 points from 11. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 2 draws and 7 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 0-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Stephen WarnockBlackburn Rovers
  • 68'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 0-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Danny SimpsonBlackburn Rovers
  • 86'Yellow card · Florent MaloudaChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 1, draws 2, Chelsea 7.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)

Paul Robinson, Stephen Warnock, Zurab Khizanishvili, Danny Simpson, Martin Olsson, Vince Grella, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Carlos Villanueva, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé