UEFA Champions League

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Stamford Bridge · 39,252 att.

Match Report

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Romelu Lukaku goal earns Chelsea Champions League win over Zenit St Petersburg

Champions League holders Chelsea got their new campaign off to a winning start as they beat Zenit St Petersburg 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
2
33.7
Possession
66.3
6
SHOTS
11
2
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
347
Accurate Passes
736
412
Passes
804
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
2
6
Crosses
22
0.5
Cross %
0.1
64
Long Balls
41
37
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
5
12
Effective Tackles
5
19
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
14
Interceptions
7
27
Effective Clearances
4
27
Clearances
4

Lineups

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 16Édouard MendyG
  2. 4Andreas ChristensenCD
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaCD-R
  5. 5JorginhoCM-L
  6. 8Mateo KovacicCM-R
  7. 3Marcos AlonsoLM
  8. 24Reece JamesRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 22Hakim ZiyechCF-L
  11. 19Mason MountCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Trevoh ChalobahSUB
  2. 11Timo WernerSUB
  3. 20Callum Hudson-OdoiSUB
  4. 31Malang SarrSUB
  5. 29Kai HavertzSUB
  6. 21Ben ChilwellSUB
  7. 17Saúl ÑíguezSUB
  8. 18Ross BarkleySUB
  9. 12Ruben Loftus-CheekSUB
  10. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaSUB
  11. 6Thiago SilvaSUB
  12. 36Lucas BergstromSUB

ZEN · 5-4-1

  1. 1Stanislav KritsyukG
  2. 2Dmitriy ChistyakovCD
  3. 44Yaroslav RakitskiyCD-L
  4. 5Wilmar BarriosCD-R
  5. 3Douglas SantosLB
  6. 19Alex SutorminRB
  7. 14Daler KuzyaevCM-L
  8. 8WendelCM-R
  9. 11ClaudinhoLM
  10. 10MalcomRM
  11. 7Sardar AzmounF

Substitutes

  1. 21Aleksandr ErokhinSUB
  2. 64Kirill KravtsovSUB
  3. 71Daniil OdoevskiySUB
  4. 4Danil KrugovoiSUB
  5. 41Mikhail KerzhakovSUB
  6. 22Artem DzyubaSUB
  7. 17Andrei MostovoySUB
  8. 94Danila KhotulevSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 62' Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 63' Substitution, Chelsea. Kai Havertz replaces Hakim Ziyech.
  4. 69' Goal! Chelsea 1, Zenit St Petersburg 0. Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta with a cross.
  5. 75' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Artem Dzyuba replaces Malcom.
  6. 76' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Aleksandr Erokhin replaces Wendel.
  7. 82' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Kirill Kravtsov replaces Daler Kuzyaev.
  8. 83' Substitution, Chelsea. Thiago Silva replaces César Azpilicueta.
  9. 83' Substitution, Chelsea. Ben Chilwell replaces Marcos Alonso.
  10. 88' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Andrey Mostovoy replaces Claudinho.
  11. 88' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Daniil Krugovoy replaces Yaroslav Rakitskiy.
  12. 90'+3' Substitution, Chelsea. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Mason Mount.

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