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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 1-0
  • 47'Yellow card · Stewart DowningMiddlesbrough
  • 66'Own goal · Abel da Silva Costa XavierChelsea · 2-0
  • 82'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 6, draws 2, Middlesbrough 2.

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