Chelsea 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 17 May 2009

Result

Chelsea 2-0 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Sunday 17 May 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Chelsea beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 17 May 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Florent Malouda opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Florent Malouda (4') and Nicolas Anelka (59'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

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

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 77 points from 36 and Blackburn Rovers 14th on 40 points from 36. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 41.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Florent MaloudaChelsea · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · José BosingwaChelsea
  • 59'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 2-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Aaron DoranBlackburn Rovers
  • 84'Yellow card · Zurab KhizanishviliBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 8, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Team news

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

Alex, Petr Čech, John Terry, Wayne Bridge, Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Tugay Kerimoglu, Vince Grella, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Carlos Villanueva, El-Hadji Diouf, Ryan Nelsen