Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 17 September 2006
Result
Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 17 September 2006, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool: match report
Chelsea won against Liverpool 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 17 September 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Didier Drogba of Chelsea in the 42nd minute.
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Liverpool received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 4th on 9 points from 4 and Liverpool 12th on 4 points from 3. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Liverpool 3rd with 68.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 3 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-L-W and Liverpool's L-W-D.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Stephen Warnock
- 27'Yellow card · Khalid Boulahrouz
- 30'Yellow card · Didier Drogba
- 42'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 45'Yellow card · Mohamed Sissoko
- 51'Red card · Michael Ballack
- 90'Yellow card · Petr Čech
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
Liverpool line-up
Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, Daniel Agger, Jamie Carragher, Stephen Warnock, Jermaine Pennant, Mohamed Sissoko, Craig Bellamy, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso