Chelsea 2-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 March 2006

Result

Chelsea 2-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 25 March 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Chelsea 2-0 Manchester City: match report

Chelsea beat Manchester City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 March 2006. The half-time score was 2-0.

Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (30') and Didier Drogba (33'). Manchester City did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 75 points from 30 and Manchester City 11th on 40 points from 30. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Manchester City 15th with 43.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 1 for Manchester City.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-W-W-W-L and Manchester City's L-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Danny MillsManchester City
  • 30'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 2-0
  • 35'Yellow card · K. MusampaManchester City
  • 62'Yellow card · Joe ColeChelsea

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Chelsea 7, draws 1, Manchester City 1.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up

Petr Čech, Damien Duff, William Gallas, John Terry, Del Horno, Michael Essien, Arjen Robben, Didier Drogba, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Claude Makélélé

Manchester City line-up

David Sommeil, Ben Thatcher, Sylvain Distin, Danny Mills, Richard Dunne, Micah Richards, Kizito Kiki Musampa, Stephen Ireland, Willo Flood, Darius Vassell, David James