Chelsea vs Wrexham, 2023 Club Friendly

· Club Friendly
Chelsea
  • 3': Ian Maatsen
  • 42': Ian Maatsen
  • 80': Conor Gallagher
  • 90': Christopher Nkunku
  • 90'+3': Ben Chilwell
FT
5 - 0
Wrexham

    Chelsea beat Wrexham with ease as preseason U.S. tour begins

    Chelsea beat Wrexham with ease as preseason U.S. tour begins

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Goal! Chelsea 1, Wrexham 0. Ian Maatsen (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolas Jackson following a fast break.
    • 6': Carney Chukwuemeka (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 6': Foul by Eoghan O'Connell (Wrexham).
    • 8': Attempt missed. Paul Mullin (Wrexham) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
    • 11': Foul by Andrey Santos (Chelsea).
    • 11': Sam Dalby (Wrexham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Elliot Lee (Wrexham) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 14': Corner, Wrexham. Conceded by Bashir Humphreys.
    • 15': Foul by Paul Mullin (Wrexham).
    • 15': Marc Cucurella (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Hand ball by Carney Chukwuemeka (Chelsea).
    • 19': Corner, Wrexham. Conceded by Marc Cucurella.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Elliot Lee (Wrexham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eoghan O'Connell.
    • 22': Foul by Jacob Mendy (Wrexham).
    • 22': Malo Gusto (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Foul by Malo Gusto (Chelsea).
    • 24': Paul Mullin (Wrexham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Diego Moreira (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrey Santos.
    • 27': Delay in match (Chelsea).
    • 29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 30': Foul by Malo Gusto (Chelsea).
    • 30': Jacob Mendy (Wrexham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Eoghan O'Connell (Wrexham) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Paul Mullin with a headed pass.
    • 33': Bashir Humphreys (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Foul by Sam Dalby (Wrexham).
    • 34': Offside, Chelsea. Marc Cucurella tries a through ball, but Ian Maatsen is caught offside.
    • 35': Elliot Lee (Wrexham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Foul by Malo Gusto (Chelsea).
    • 37': Foul by Andrey Santos (Chelsea).
    • 37': James Jones (Wrexham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Andrew Cannon (Wrexham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by Andrey Santos (Chelsea).
    • 40': Foul by Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea).
    • 40': Jacob Mendy (Wrexham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Goal! Chelsea 2, Wrexham 0. Ian Maatsen (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Carney Chukwuemeka.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Cesare Casadei (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Malo Gusto.
    • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Elliot Lee (Wrexham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jacob Mendy.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Chelsea 2, Wrexham 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Chelsea 2, Wrexham 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Chelsea. Alfie Gilchrist replaces Malo Gusto.
    • 45': Substitution, Chelsea. Ben Chilwell replaces Marc Cucurella.
    • 45': Substitution, Chelsea. Christopher Nkunku replaces Nicolas Jackson.
    • 45': Substitution, Chelsea. Conor Gallagher replaces Carney Chukwuemeka.
    • 45': Substitution, Chelsea. Raheem Sterling replaces Ian Maatsen.
    • 45': Substitution, Chelsea. Ângelo replaces Diego Moreira.
    • 45': Substitution, Wrexham. Aaron Hayden replaces Eoghan O'Connell.
    • 45': Substitution, Wrexham. Callum McFadzean replaces Jacob Mendy.
    • 45': Substitution, Wrexham. Rob Lainton replaces Ben Foster.
    • 45': Substitution, Wrexham. Ryan Barnett replaces Anthony Forde.
    • 45': Substitution, Wrexham. William Boyle replaces Andrew Cannon.
    • 46': Attempt missed. Paul Mullin (Wrexham) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Barnett.
    • 50': Corner, Wrexham. Conceded by Alfie Gilchrist.
    • 51': Attempt missed. James Jones (Wrexham) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
    • 51': Foul by Raheem Sterling (Chelsea).
    • 51': Thomas O'Connor (Wrexham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 52': Offside, Chelsea. Ângelo tries a through ball, but Christopher Nkunku is caught offside.
    • 55': Foul by Conor Gallagher (Chelsea).
    • 55': James Jones (Wrexham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Cesare Casadei (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Foul by Thomas O'Connor (Wrexham).
    • 58': Foul by Ryan Barnett (Wrexham).
    • 58': Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 59': Foul by Cesare Casadei (Chelsea).
    • 59': Thomas O'Connor (Wrexham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Cesare Casadei (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 60': Corner, Wrexham. Conceded by Andrey Santos.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Elliot Lee (Wrexham) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
    • 61': Substitution, Wrexham. Max Cleworth replaces Ben Tozer.
    • 62': Substitution, Wrexham. Ollie Palmer replaces Sam Dalby.
    • 62': Substitution, Wrexham. Liam McAlinden replaces James Jones.
    • 62': Substitution, Wrexham. Jordan Davies replaces Thomas O'Connor.
    • 62': Substitution, Wrexham. Luke Young replaces Elliot Lee.
    • 62': Substitution, Wrexham. Billy Waters replaces Paul Mullin.
    • 63': Substitution, Chelsea. Lewis Hall replaces Andrey Santos.
    • 64': Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 64': Foul by Liam McAlinden (Wrexham).
    • 64': Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Ângelo with a cross.
    • 71': Delay in match (Chelsea).
    • 73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 76': Callum McFadzean (Wrexham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Foul by Ângelo (Chelsea).
    • 76': Substitution, Chelsea. Lucas Bergström replaces Jamie Cumming.
    • 77': Foul by Ben Chilwell (Chelsea).
    • 77': Ollie Palmer (Wrexham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 77': Corner, Wrexham. Conceded by Raheem Sterling.
    • 78': Attempt saved. Ollie Palmer (Wrexham) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luke Young with a cross.
    • 78': Offside, Wrexham. Ollie Palmer tries a through ball, but Billy Waters is caught offside.
    • 80': Goal! Chelsea 3, Wrexham 0. Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
    • 84': Foul by Raheem Sterling (Chelsea).
    • 84': Liam McAlinden (Wrexham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 85': Substitution, Chelsea. Marc Cucurella replaces Trevoh Chalobah.
    • 85': Attempt blocked. Ollie Palmer (Wrexham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Max Cleworth.
    • 85': Corner, Wrexham. Conceded by Alfie Gilchrist.
    • 86': Foul by Conor Gallagher (Chelsea).
    • 86': Liam McAlinden (Wrexham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ângelo.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 89': Corner, Wrexham. Conceded by Marc Cucurella.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Ollie Palmer (Wrexham) with an attempt from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Luke Young with a cross following a corner.
    • 90': Goal! Chelsea 4, Wrexham 0. Christopher Nkunku (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Cesare Casadei with a through ball.
    • 90'+2': Offside, Chelsea. Conor Gallagher tries a through ball, but Ângelo is caught offside.
    • 90'+3': Goal! Chelsea 5, Wrexham 0. Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ângelo with a through ball.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Chelsea 5, Wrexham 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Chelsea 5, Wrexham 0.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/352.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originWXM CHEhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/363.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    7 Fouls 15
    0 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 0
    7 Corner Kicks 0
    0 Saves 1
    35.4 Possession 64.6
    11 SHOTS 11
    1 ON GOAL 5
    0.1 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    0 Accurate Passes 0
    0 Passes 0
    0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
    0 Accurate Crosses 0
    0 Crosses 0
    0.0 Cross % 0.0
    0 Long Balls 0
    0 Accurate Long Balls 0
    0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
    3 Blocked Shots 4
    0 Effective Tackles 0
    0 Tackles 0
    0.0 Tackle % 0.0
    0 Interceptions 0
    0 Effective Clearances 0
    0 Clearances 0

    Game Information

    Competition: Club Friendly

    Venue: Kenan Memorial Stadium
    Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    Attendance: 50,596

    Line-Ups

    CHE Chelsea (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    60 Jamie Cumming (GK)
    35 Bashir Humphreys
    14 Trevoh Chalobah
    32 Marc Cucurella
    34 Malo Gusto
    30 Carney Chukwuemeka
    39 Andrey Santos
    40 Cesare Casadei Yellow Card
    43 Nicolas Jackson
    38 Ian Maatsen
    42 Diego Moreira
    Chelsea Substitutes:
    Alfie Gilchrist, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Thiago Silva, Ângelo Gabriel, Conor Gallagher, Raheem Sterling, Lucas Bergstrom, Ben Chilwell, Lewis Hall, Christopher Nkunku.

    WXM Wrexham (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    12 Ben Foster (GK)
    4 Ben Tozer
    22 Thomas O'Connor
    15 Eoghan O'Connell
    38 Elliott Lee
    30 James Jones
    20 Andrew Cannon
    19 Jacob Mendy
    14 Anthony Forde
    10 Paul Mullin
    18 Sam Dalby
    Wrexham Substitutes:
    Callum McFadzean, William Boyle, Luke Young, Billy Waters, Ollie Palmer, Ryan Barnett, Jordan Davies, Aaron Hayden, Liam McAlinden, Robert Lainton, Max Cleworth.

    Club Friendly News

    Cosgrove's diving header seals a 2-1 victory for Auckland
    Cosgrove's diving header seals a 2-1 victory for Auckland

    Lachlan Brook's pass sparks the counter as Sam Cosgrove finishes to overcome the Mariners.

    Chelsea's U16 star Reggie Watson scores amazing curling free-kick
    Chelsea's U16 star Reggie Watson scores amazing curling free-kick

    Chelsea and England star of the future, Reggie Watson, scored an amazing curling free-kick after being denied by the woodwork earlier in the game.

    Acrobatic celebration from U.S. U16 star Zidane Cadet
    Acrobatic celebration from U.S. U16 star Zidane Cadet

    A great goal and an even better celebration from Inter Miami's U.S. U16 star Zidane Cadet vs. Newell's Old Boys at the Messi Cup.

    Could Morocco beat Brazil in Group C at the World Cup?
    Could Morocco beat Brazil in Group C at the World Cup?

    Sam Ogunleye and Ed Dove discuss the strength of Morocco's squad as well as the potential to defeat group favourites Brazil.

    Should Mo Salah remain on the bench for Liverpool right now?
    Should Mo Salah remain on the bench for Liverpool right now?

    Steve Nicol and Shaka Hislop debate Liverpool's starting XI after Mo Salah was dropped to the bench against West Ham.