Chelsea 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 31 January 2007
Result
Chelsea 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Wednesday 31 January 2007, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Chelsea beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 31 January 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (6'), Frank Lampard (67') and S. Kalou (90+1'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 51 points from 24 and Blackburn Rovers 11th on 31 points from 24. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Blackburn Rovers 10th with 52.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-W-D-D-D and Blackburn Rovers's L-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 67'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 86'Yellow card · Christopher Samba
- 90+1'Goal · S. Kalou
Head-to-head
Team news
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
Blackburn Rovers line-up
Stephen Warnock, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Paul Gallagher, Matt Derbyshire, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, B. McCarthy, Stephane Henchoz