UEFA Champions League

Chelsea vs Pafos, 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

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Chelsea
  • 78': Moisés Caicedo
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Pafos

    Liam Rosenior gets first Champions League win with Chelsea

    Chelsea will go into the final Champions League matchday in an automatic qualification spot after Moises Caicedo's late header earned a nervy 1-0 win against Pafos at Stamford Bridge.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 4': Foul by Derrick Luckassen (Pafos).
    • 7': Foul by Jajá (Pafos).
    • 7': Malo Gusto (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 8': Attempt blocked. Pedro Neto (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Liam Delap.
    • 9': Delay in match because of an injury Bruno Felipe (Pafos).
    • 10': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Pedro Neto (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Wesley Fofana.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Reece James (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Enzo Fernández.
    • 16': Foul by Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea).
    • 16': Vlad Dragomir (Pafos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Derrick Luckassen (Pafos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Foul by Enzo Fernández (Chelsea).
    • 21': Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 21': Foul by Bruno Felipe (Pafos).
    • 27': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Derrick Luckassen.
    • 28': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Anderson Silva.
    • 29': Foul by Enzo Fernández (Chelsea).
    • 29': Vlad Dragomir (Pafos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Attempt blocked. Jajá (Pafos) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mislav Orsic.
    • 32': Foul by Vlad Dragomir (Pafos).
    • 32': Malo Gusto (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Foul by Kostas Pileas (Pafos).
    • 33': Malo Gusto (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 33': Delay in match (Chelsea).
    • 33': Mislav Orsic (Pafos) is shown the yellow card.
    • 33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 34': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Vlad Dragomir.
    • 35': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Derrick Luckassen.
    • 35': Attempt blocked. Liam Delap (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorrel Hato with a headed pass.
    • 35': Attempt saved. Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jay Gorter (Pafos).
    • 35': Attempt missed. Benoît Badiashile (Chelsea) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Garnacho with a cross following a corner.
    • 37': Attempt blocked. Liam Delap (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Moisés Caicedo.
    • 37': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ivan Sunjic.
    • 38': Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 38': Foul by Derrick Luckassen (Pafos).
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Reece James (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 42': Attempt blocked. Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Liam Delap.
    • 42': Attempt saved. Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jay Gorter (Pafos). Assisted by Enzo Fernández.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Malo Gusto (Chelsea) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Moisés Caicedo.
    • 45': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Bruno Felipe.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Attempt saved. Jorrel Hato (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jay Gorter (Pafos). Assisted by Moisés Caicedo.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Chelsea 0, Pafos 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Chelsea 0, Pafos 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Chelsea. Estêvão replaces Reece James.
    • 45': Substitution, Chelsea. Robert Sánchez replaces Filip Jörgensen.
    • 49': Corner, Pafos. Conceded by Wesley Fofana.
    • 51': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ken Sema.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Estêvão (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Jay Gorter (Pafos). Assisted by Enzo Fernández with a through ball.
    • 53': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Jay Gorter.
    • 55': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Kostas Pileas.
    • 56': Foul by Ken Sema (Pafos).
    • 56': Pedro Neto (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 56': Ken Sema (Pafos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 57': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Bruno Felipe.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Malo Gusto (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
    • 58': Attempt missed. Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 60': Attempt saved. Pedro Neto (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jay Gorter (Pafos). Assisted by Estêvão.
    • 60': Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 60': Foul by Bruno Felipe (Pafos).
    • 61': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Bruno Felipe.
    • 62': Attempt blocked. Estêvão (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Benoît Badiashile.
    • 62': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Bruno Felipe.
    • 63': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Anderson Silva.
    • 63': Delay in match because of an injury Kostas Pileas (Pafos).
    • 64': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 65': Substitution, Pafos. Landry Dimata replaces Anderson Silva.
    • 65': Substitution, Pafos. Domingos Quina replaces Jajá.
    • 67': Attempt blocked. Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wesley Fofana.
    • 68': Attempt saved. Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Jay Gorter (Pafos). Assisted by Jorrel Hato.
    • 68': Attempt missed. Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Malo Gusto with a cross.
    • 68': Delay in match because of an injury Enzo Fernández (Chelsea).
    • 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 70': Substitution, Chelsea. João Pedro replaces Liam Delap.
    • 70': Substitution, Chelsea. Jamie Gittens replaces Alejandro Garnacho.
    • 70': Substitution, Chelsea. Marc Cucurella replaces Jorrel Hato.
    • 73': Foul by Landry Dimata (Pafos).
    • 73': Wesley Fofana (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 73': Domingos Quina (Pafos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Jamie Gittens (Chelsea).
    • 73': Jamie Gittens (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 77': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ken Sema.
    • 78': Goal! Chelsea 1, Pafos 0. Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) header from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
    • 78': Ivan Sunjic (Pafos) is shown the yellow card.
    • 79': Foul by Bruno Felipe (Pafos).
    • 79': Jamie Gittens (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Domingos Quina (Pafos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Foul by Enzo Fernández (Chelsea).
    • 80': Attempt blocked. Landry Dimata (Pafos) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ken Sema with a cross.
    • 80': Corner, Pafos. Conceded by Benoît Badiashile.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Vlad Dragomir (Pafos) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Robert Sánchez (Chelsea).
    • 83': Substitution, Pafos. Mons Bassouamina replaces Mislav Orsic.
    • 83': Substitution, Pafos. Bruno Langa replaces Ken Sema.
    • 85': Foul by Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea).
    • 85': Mons Bassouamina (Pafos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
    • 87': Delay in match (Chelsea).
    • 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 89': Substitution, Pafos. Georgios Michael replaces Vlad Dragomir.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Attempt saved. Landry Dimata (Pafos) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Robert Sánchez (Chelsea). Assisted by Mons Bassouamina.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ivan Sunjic.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Chelsea 1, Pafos 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Chelsea 1, Pafos 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 6
    3 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 0
    2 Corner Kicks 15
    6 Saves 2
    28.6 Possession 71.4
    4 SHOTS 21
    2 ON GOAL 7
    0.5 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    246 Accurate Passes 705
    306 Passes 746
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 3
    8 Crosses 42
    0.1 Cross % 0.1
    40 Long Balls 21
    11 Accurate Long Balls 12
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
    2 Blocked Shots 7
    16 Effective Tackles 8
    21 Tackles 20
    0.8 Tackle % 0.4
    10 Interceptions 6
    43 Effective Clearances 7
    43 Clearances 7

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Champions League

    Venue: Stamford Bridge
    Location: London, England
    Attendance: 30,774

    UEFA Champions League Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
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    2 Bayern Munich 8 +14 21
    3 Liverpool 8 +12 18
    4 Tottenham Hotspur 8 +10 17
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    CHE Chelsea (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    12 Filip Jørgensen (GK)
    5 Benoît Badiashile
    29 Wesley Fofana
    21 Jorrel Hato
    27 Malo Gusto
    8 Enzo Fernández Yellow Card
    25 Moisés Caicedo
    24 Reece James
    9 Liam Delap
    49 Alejandro Garnacho
    7 Pedro Neto
    Chelsea Substitutes:
    Trevoh Chalobah, Andrey Santos, João Pedro, Landon Emenalo, Estêvão, Jamie Gittens, Marc Guiu, Tyrique George, Robert Sánchez, Reggie Walsh, Josh Acheampong, Marc Cucurella.

    PAF Pafos (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Jay Gorter (GK)
    26 Ivan Sunjic Yellow Card
    2 Kostas Pileas
    23 Derrick Luckassen
    88 Pêpê
    30 Vlad Dragomir
    12 Ken Sema Yellow Card
    7 Bruno
    33 Anderson Silva
    11 Jajá
    17 Mislav Orsic Yellow Card
    Pafos Substitutes:
    David Luiz, Georgios Michael, Mons Bassouamina, Domingos Quina, Landry Dimata, Bruno Langa, Neophytos Michael, Pedro Henrique Fontoura Caldieraro, Petros Petrou, David Goldar.

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