UEFA Conference League

FT Thursday, December 12, 2024
Chelsea WWWWW 3
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FC Astana WWLLD 1
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CHE303
AST101
Almaty Ortalyk Stadium · 20,982 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea win 3-1 in icy Astana to stay atop Conference League

Chelsea continued their fine recent form with a 3-1 win over Kazakh side FC Astana despite Enzo Maresca ringing the changes for the UEFA Conference League clash.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
9
69.4
Possession
30.6
24
SHOTS
6
13
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
631
Accurate Passes
226
682
Passes
292
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.3
31
Long Balls
45
22
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.7
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
12
19
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
10
6
Effective Clearances
21
6
Clearances
21

Lineups

AST · 5-4-1

  1. 74Mukhamedjan SeysenG
  2. 22Aleksandr MarochkinCD
  3. 3Branimir KalaicaCD-L
  4. 5Kipras KazukolovasCD-R
  5. 6Yan VorogovskiyLB
  6. 2Karlo BartolecRB
  7. 45Aleksa AmanovicCM-L
  8. 7Max EbongCM-R
  9. 28Ousmane CamaraLM
  10. 10Marin TomasovRM
  11. 9Geoffrey CharlesF

CHE · 3-4-3-d

  1. 12Filip JørgensenG
  2. 4Tosin AdarabioyoCD
  3. 2Axel DisasiCD-L
  4. 34Josh AcheampongDM
  5. 51Samuel Rak-SakyiSW
  6. 17Carney ChukwuemekaAM
  7. 40Renato VeigaLM
  8. 22Kiernan Dewsbury-HallRM
  9. 38Marc GuiuF
  10. 32Tyrique GeorgeLF
  11. 7Pedro NetoRF

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Astana 0, Chelsea 1. Marc Guiu (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pedro Neto.
  2. 18' Goal! Astana 0, Chelsea 2. Marc Guiu (Chelsea) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  3. 27' Aleksa Amanovic (Astana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 39' Goal! Astana 0, Chelsea 3. Renato Veiga (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall with a cross following a corner.
  5. 45' Goal! Astana 1, Chelsea 3. Marin Tomasov (Astana) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karlo Bartolec.
  6. 45' Substitution, Astana. Barnes Osei replaces Aleksa Amanovic.
  7. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Ato Ampah replaces Pedro Neto.
  8. 67' Substitution, Chelsea. Harvey Vale replaces Carney Chukwuemeka.
  9. 72' Substitution, Astana. Ramazan Karimov replaces Chinedu Geoffrey.
  10. 78' Substitution, Chelsea. Shumaira Mheuka replaces Marc Guiu.
  11. 86' Substitution, Chelsea. Kiano Dyer replaces Samuel Rak-Sakyi.
  12. 88' Substitution, Astana. Nazmi Gripshi replaces Marin Tomasov.
  13. 90'+1' Substitution, Astana. Elkhan Astanov replaces Ousmane Camara.

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