West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 March 2006

Result

West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 4 March 2006, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Chelsea: match report

West Bromwich Albion were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 March 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 51st minute. West Bromwich Albion's goal came from Nwankwo Kanu (88'). Chelsea scored through Didier Drogba (51') and Joe Cole (74').

Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 17th on 26 points from 27 and Chelsea 1st on 69 points from 27. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 19th with 30 points, and Chelsea 1st with 91.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 West Bromwich Albion wins, 0 draws and 5 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Yellow card · Ronnie WallworkWest Bromwich Albion
  • 51'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 0-1
  • 62'Red card · Arjen RobbenChelsea
  • 74'Goal · Joe ColeChelsea · 0-2
  • 88'Goal · Nwankwo KanuWest Bromwich Albion · 1-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: West Bromwich Albion 0, draws 0, Chelsea 5.

Team news

West Bromwich Albion line-up

Tomasz Kuszczak, Neil Clement, Martin Albrechtsen, Curtis Davies, Jonathan Greening, Ronnie Wallwork, Junichi Inamoto, Diomansy Kamara, Kevin Campbell, Paul Robinson, Ján Kozák

Chelsea line-up

Petr Čech, Damien Duff, William Gallas, Paulo Ferreira, John Terry, Robert Huth, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba, Arjen Robben, Claude Makélélé, Eiður Guðjohnsen