UEFA Europa League

Chelsea vs PAOK Salonika, 2018-19 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

· UEFA Europa League
  • 27': Olivier Giroud
  • 37': Olivier Giroud
  • 60': Callum Hudson-Odoi
  • 78': Álvaro Morata
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4 - 0
  • Red Card 7': Yevhen Khacheridi

Olivier Giroud double keeps Chelsea perfect with 4-0 win against PAOK

Chelsea made it five wins in five tries in the Europa League with a convincing 4-0 win against PAOK at Stamford Bridge on Thursday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 3': Attempt blocked. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
  • 3': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by José Crespo.
  • 4': Evgen Shakhov (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 4': Foul by Pedro (Chelsea).
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Pontus Wernbloom (PAOK Salonika) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vieirinha.
  • 5': Foul by Omar El Kaddouri (PAOK Salonika).
  • 5': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Foul by Yevhen Khacheridi (PAOK Salonika).
  • 7': Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 7': Yevhen Khacheridi (PAOK Salonika) is shown the red card.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is just a bit too high. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi with a through ball.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas with a through ball.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
  • 16': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by José Crespo.
  • 17': Offside, PAOK Salonika. Pontus Wernbloom tries a through ball, but Leo Jabá is caught offside.
  • 17': Offside, Chelsea. Ross Barkley tries a through ball, but Olivier Giroud is caught offside.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Leo Jabá (PAOK Salonika) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Omar El Kaddouri.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Maurício (PAOK Salonika) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Vieirinha (PAOK Salonika) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maurício.
  • 20': Attempt saved. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pedro.
  • 20': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Alexandros Paschalakis.
  • 20': Attempt missed. Gary Cahill (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Pedro with a cross following a corner.
  • 21': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Maurício.
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Davide Zappacosta (Chelsea) right footed shot from long range on the right is blocked. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
  • 24': Offside, Chelsea. Ruben Loftus-Cheek tries a through ball, but Olivier Giroud is caught offside.
  • 25': Hand ball by Vieirinha (PAOK Salonika).
  • 25': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Pontus Wernbloom.
  • 26': Foul by Olivier Giroud (Chelsea).
  • 26': Pontus Wernbloom (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Goal! Chelsea 1, PAOK Salonika 0. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedro.
  • 28': Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
  • 30': Foul by Olivier Giroud (Chelsea).
  • 30': Leo Jabá (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Olivier Giroud (Chelsea).
  • 33': Vieirinha (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Davide Zappacosta (Chelsea) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedro.
  • 33': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Alexandros Paschalakis.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Davide Zappacosta (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
  • 37': Goal! Chelsea 2, PAOK Salonika 0. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas with a through ball.
  • 38': Foul by Omar El Kaddouri (PAOK Salonika).
  • 38': Ross Barkley (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 39': Foul by Evgen Shakhov (PAOK Salonika).
  • 39': Ross Barkley (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 40': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Omar El Kaddouri.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Andreas Christensen (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pedro with a cross following a corner.
  • 40': Foul by Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea).
  • 40': Maurício (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Omar El Kaddouri (PAOK Salonika) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Aleksandar Prijovic.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Emerson.
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Leo Jabá (PAOK Salonika) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pontus Wernbloom.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Pedro (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi with a cross.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Chelsea 2, PAOK Salonika 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Chelsea 2, PAOK Salonika 0.
  • 45': Substitution, PAOK Salonika. Amr Warda replaces Aleksandar Prijovic.
  • 48': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Amr Warda.
  • 49': Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 49': Foul by Pontus Wernbloom (PAOK Salonika).
  • 50': Pontus Wernbloom (PAOK Salonika) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 51': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Léo Matos.
  • 52': Corner, PAOK Salonika. Conceded by Emerson.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Amr Warda (PAOK Salonika) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 53': Foul by Gary Cahill (Chelsea).
  • 53': Omar El Kaddouri (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 53': Gary Cahill (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 56': Foul by Vieirinha (PAOK Salonika).
  • 56': Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Attempt saved. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedro.
  • 56': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Alexandros Paschalakis.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Davide Zappacosta (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
  • 60': Attempt blocked. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
  • 60': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Vieirinha.
  • 60': Goal! Chelsea 3, PAOK Salonika 0. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
  • 62': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Léo Matos.
  • 63': Substitution, Chelsea. Ethan Ampadu replaces Davide Zappacosta.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas following a corner.
  • 64': Corner, PAOK Salonika. Conceded by Andreas Christensen.
  • 65': Foul by Emerson (Chelsea).
  • 65': Maurício (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 66': Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Pedro.
  • 67': Foul by Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea).
  • 67': Maurício (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 69': Andreas Christensen (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 69': Foul by Omar El Kaddouri (PAOK Salonika).
  • 69': Delay in match Andreas Christensen (Chelsea) because of an injury.
  • 70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 75': Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea).
  • 75': Leo Jabá (PAOK Salonika) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 75': Substitution, Chelsea. Álvaro Morata replaces Olivier Giroud.
  • 76': Substitution, PAOK Salonika. Fernando Varela replaces Omar El Kaddouri.
  • 78': Goal! Chelsea 4, PAOK Salonika 0. Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi with a cross.
  • 78': Substitution, PAOK Salonika. Dimitrios Pelkas replaces Maurício.
  • 79': Foul by Dimitrios Pelkas (PAOK Salonika).
  • 79': Willian (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Dimitrios Pelkas (PAOK Salonika) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Willian (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Willian.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Pontus Wernbloom (PAOK Salonika) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 86': Attempt saved. Willian (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  • 87': Attempt saved. Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 89': Foul by Vieirinha (PAOK Salonika).
  • 89': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Ross Barkley (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 90'+2': Second Half ends, Chelsea 4, PAOK Salonika 0.
  • 90'+2': Match ends, Chelsea 4, PAOK Salonika 0.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 9
2 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 12
6 Saves 0
37.1 Possession 62.9
8 SHOTS 28
0 ON GOAL 10
0.0 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
311 Accurate Passes 585
382 Passes 630
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
0 Accurate Crosses 8
2 Crosses 29
0.0 Cross % 0.3
50 Long Balls 41
23 Accurate Long Balls 33
0.5 Long Balls % 0.8
5 Blocked Shots 4
9 Effective Tackles 8
13 Tackles 8
0.7 Tackle % 1.0
15 Interceptions 10
21 Effective Clearances 5
21 Clearances 5

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Stamford Bridge
Location: London, England
Attendance: 33,933

Line-Ups

CHE Chelsea (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Kepa Arrizabalaga (GK)
1 Kepa Arrizabalaga (GK)
27 Andreas Christensen
24 Gary Cahill Yellow Card
33 Emerson
21 Davide Zappacosta
4 Cesc Fàbregas
12 Ruben Loftus-Cheek
8 Ross Barkley
18 Olivier Giroud
20 Callum Hudson-Odoi
11 Pedro

PAOK PAOK Salonika (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
31 Alexandros Paschalakis (GK)
31 Alexandros Paschalakis (GK)
15 José Ángel Crespo
34 Yevhen Khacheridi Red Card
20 Vieirinha
3 Léo Matos
28 Yevhen Shakhov
19 Pontus Wernbloom Yellow Card
8 Maurício
9 Aleksandar Prijovic
7 Omar El Kaddouri
98 Léo Jabá

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