Chelsea 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 13 May 2012

Result

Chelsea 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Sunday 13 May 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Chelsea 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Chelsea won against Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 13 May 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

John Terry opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Chelsea's goals came from John Terry (31') and Raul Meireles (34'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Yakubu Aiyegbeni (60').

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 6th on 61 points from 37 and Blackburn Rovers 19th on 31 points from 37. Chelsea went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 31.

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, 2 draws and 0 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · John TerryChelsea · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Raul MeirelesChelsea · 2-0
  • 60'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Ryan BertrandChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 8, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 0.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Ross Turnbull, Branislav Ivanović, John Terry, Ryan Bertrand, Michael Essien, Ramires, Florent Malouda, Raúl Meireles, Sam Hutchinson, Romelu Lukaku, Daniel Sturridge

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

Martin Olsson, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Scott Dann, Marcus Olsson, Adam Henley, Mauro Formica, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Jason Lowe, Junior Hoilett, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, J. Kean