Chelsea 3-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 10 February 2007
Result
Chelsea 3-0 Middlesbrough
Premier League · Saturday 10 February 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 3-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Chelsea defeated Middlesbrough 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 February 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (45'), an own goal by Abel da Silva Costa Xavier (66') and Didier Drogba (82'). Middlesbrough did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 57 points from 26 and Middlesbrough 12th on 32 points from 26. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Middlesbrough 12th with 46.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Middlesbrough's D-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 45'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 47'Yellow card · Stewart Downing
- 66'Own goal · Abel da Silva Costa Xavier
- 82'Goal · Didier Drogba
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
Middlesbrough line-up
Mark Schwarzer, Emanuel Pogatetz, Andrew Davies, Andrew Taylor, Julio Arca, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, James Morrison, Mark Viduka, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Abel da Silva Costa Xavier