Blackburn Rovers 0 - 2 Chelsea
| Match Information | |
| Stadium: | Ewood Park, England |
| Attendance: | 19,398 |
| Match Time: | August 27, 2006, 11:00 ET |
| Official(s): | M Clattenburg (Referee) |
| Scoring Summary | |
| Blackburn Rovers | Chelsea |
| Frank Lampard (pen 50) | |
| Didier Drogba (81) | |
| Match Stats | ||
| Blackburn Rovers | Chelsea | |
| Shots (on Goal) | 14(3) | 16(8) |
| Fouls | 10 | 15 |
| Corner Kicks | 7 | 3 |
| Offsides | 2 | 3 |
| Time of Possession | 55% | 45% |
| Yellow Cards | 3 | 1 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Saves | 4 | 8 |
| Blackburn Rovers | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 1 | Brad Friedel | (G) |
| 2 | Lucas Neill | (D) |
| 3 | Zurab Khizanishvili | (D) |
| 20 | Andre Ooijer | (D) |
| 14 | Steven Reid | (M) |
| 8 | Robbie Savage | (M) |
| 12 | Morten Gamst Pedersen | (M) |
| 7 | Brett Emerton | (M) |
| 11 | David Bentley | (M) |
| 30 | Jason Roberts | (ST) |
| 10 | Benedict McCarthy | (ST) |
| Chelsea | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 1 | Petr Cech | (G) |
| 18 | Wayne Bridge | (D) |
| 26 | John Terry | (D) |
| 6 | Ricardo Carvalho | (D) |
| 9 | Khalid Boulahrouz | (D) |
| 8 | Frank Lampard | (M) |
| 5 | Michael Essien | (M) |
| 4 | Claude Makelele | (M) |
| 13 | Michael Ballack | (M) |
| 7 | Andriy Shevchenko | (ST) |
| 21 | Salomon Kalou | (ST) |
| Blackburn Rovers Substitutes | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 23 | Jason Brown | (G) |
| 4 | Andy Todd | (D) |
| 9 | Shefki Kuqi | (ST) |
| 17 | Francis Jeffers | (ST) |
| 18 | Paul Gallagher | (ST) |
| Chelsea Substitutes | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 23 | Carlo Cudicini | (G) |
| 20 | Paulo Ferreira | (D) |
| 24 | Shaun Wright-Phillips | (M) |
| 12 | John Mikel Obi | (M) |
| 11 | Didier Drogba | (ST) |
| Blackburn Rovers Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Paul Gallagher for Morten Gamst Pedersen (69) |
| Chelsea Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Didier Drogba for Salomon Kalou (56) |
| Shaun Wright-Phillips for Andriy Shevchenko (83) |
| John Mikel Obi for Claude Makelele (88) |
| Blackburn Rovers Yellow Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Robbie Savage | (25) |
| Andre Ooijer | (49) |
| Zurab Khizanishvili | (90) |
| Chelsea Yellow Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Claude Makelele | (66) |
| Blackburn Rovers Red Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| No Red Cards | |
| Chelsea Red Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| No Red Cards | |
Sunday, August 27, 2006
| Aston Villa | 2 | |
| Newcastle United | 0 | FT |
| Blackburn Rovers | 0 | |
| Chelsea | 2 | FT |
