Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 October 2010

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 30 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 October 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.

Benjamin Mwaruwari opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Benjamin Mwaruwari (21'). Chelsea scored through Nicolas Anelka (39') and Branislav Ivanović (84').

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 9 points from 9 and Chelsea 1st on 22 points from 9. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 71.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-1-4-1 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 L-D-L-W-D and Chelsea's W-D-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Benjamin MwaruwariBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Míchel SalgadoBlackburn Rovers
  • 39'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Didier DrogbaChelsea
  • 80'Yellow card · Branislav IvanovićChelsea
  • 81'Yellow card · Ryan NelsenBlackburn Rovers
  • 84'Goal · Branislav IvanovićChelsea · 1-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, El-Hadji Diouf, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Mame Diouf, Ryan Nelsen

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, Yury Zhirkov, John Terry, Alex, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Florent Malouda, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka