Middlesbrough 3-0 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 11 February 2006

Result

Middlesbrough 3-0 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 11 February 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Middlesbrough 3-0 Chelsea: match report

Middlesbrough defeated Chelsea 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 February 2006. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Fábio Rochemback opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Fábio Rochemback (2'), Stewart Downing (45') and Yakubu Aiyegbeni (68'). Chelsea did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 17th on 25 points from 24 and Chelsea 1st on 66 points from 25. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Chelsea 1st with 91.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 7 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Fábio RochembackMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 45'Goal · Stewart DowningMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 45'Yellow card · E. GuðjohnsenChelsea
  • 68'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniMiddlesbrough · 3-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Ricardo CarvalhoChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 0, draws 3, Chelsea 7.

Team news

Middlesbrough expected line-up

Brad Jones, Chris Riggott, Stuart Parnaby, Andrew Taylor, James Morrison, Gaizka Mendieta, Fábio Rochemback, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Mark Viduka, Matthew Bates, Dorival Guidoni Júnior

Chelsea expected line-up

Petr Čech, Damien Duff, Del Horno, William Gallas, John Terry, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Didier Drogba, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Joe Cole