Chelsea 4-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 October 2005
Result
Chelsea 4-2 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 29 October 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-2
Chelsea 4-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Chelsea beat Blackburn Rovers 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 October 2005. The half-time score was 2-2.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (10'), Frank Lampard (14', penalty), Frank Lampard (62') and an own goal by Zurab Khizanishvili (74'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Craig Bellamy (18', penalty) and Craig Bellamy (44').
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 28 points from 10 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 14 points from 10. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Blackburn Rovers 6th with 63.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Blackburn Rovers's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Joe Cole
- 10'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 14'Penalty goal · Frank Lampard
- 18'Penalty goal · Craig Bellamy
- 44'Goal · Craig Bellamy
- 60'Yellow card · Morten Gamst Pedersen
- 62'Yellow card · Tugay Kerimoglu
- 62'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 74'Own goal · Zurab Khizanishvili
- 84'Yellow card · P. Dickov
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (3-4-2-1)
Petr Čech, Del Horno, William Gallas, John Terry, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, F. Lampard, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Arjen Robben, Hernán Jorge Crespo, Eiður Guðjohnsen
Blackburn Rovers line-up
Lucas Neill, Zurab Khizanishvili, Michael Gray, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Tugay Kerimoglu, Craig Bellamy, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, Shefki Kuqi