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
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.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Fábio Rochemback
- 42'Yellow card · John Terry
- 45'Goal · Stewart Downing
- 45'Yellow card · E. Guðjohnsen
- 68'Goal · Yakubu Aiyegbeni
- 90'Yellow card · Ricardo Carvalho
Head-to-head
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