Sheffield United 0-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 28 October 2006
Result
Sheffield United 0-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 28 October 2006, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sheffield United 0-2 Chelsea: match report
Sheffield United lost to Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 October 2006. The half-time score was 0-1.
Frank Lampard opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Sheffield United did not score. Chelsea scored through Frank Lampard (43') and Michael Ballack (49').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 17th on 6 points from 9 and Chelsea 2nd on 22 points from 9. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 18th with 38 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 83.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read L-D-W-L-L and Chelsea's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 17'Missed penalty · Danny Webber
- 42'Yellow card · M. Leigertwood
- 43'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 49'Goal · Michael Ballack
- 60'Yellow card · Nick Montgomery
Team news
Sheffield United line-up
Paddy Kenny, Leigh Bromby, Claude Davis, Phil Jagielka, Chris Armstrong, Alan Quinn, Keith Gillespie, Mikele Leigertwood, Rob Hulse, Danny Webber, Michael Tonge
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