UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stamford Bridge - London Tuesday 8 December 2020 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Chelsea FC Group E - Matchday 6 FC Krasnodar Last updated 07/12/2020 11:31CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 6 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Competition facts 17 Team facts 19 Legend 21 1 Chelsea FC - FC Krasnodar Tuesday 8 December 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stamford Bridge, London Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Hudson-Odoi 37, 28/10/2020 GS FC Krasnodar - Chelsea FC 0-4 Krasnodar Werner 76 (P), Ziyech 79, Pulišić 90 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Chelsea FC 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 FC Krasnodar 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 Chelsea FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Marcano 51, 3-2 Gökdeniz Karadeniz 11/04/2013 QF FC Rubin - Chelsea FC Moscow agg: 4-5 62, Natcho 75 (P); Torres 5, Moses 55 Torres 16, 70, Moses 04/04/2013 QF Chelsea FC - FC Rubin 3-1 London 32; Natcho 41 (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Anelka 49, Drogba 62 03/11/2010 GS Chelsea FC - FC Spartak Moskva 4-1 London (P), Ivanović 66, 90+2; Bazhenov 86 19/10/2010 GS FC Spartak Moskva - Chelsea FC 0-2 Moscow Zhirkov 23, Anelka 43 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/2004 GS PFC CSKA Moskva - Chelsea FC 0-1 Moscow Robben 24 Terry 9, Gudjohnsen 20/10/2004 GS Chelsea FC - PFC CSKA Moskva 2-0 London 45+1 FC Krasnodar - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 11/12/2014 GS Everton FC - FC Krasnodar 0-1 Liverpool Laborde 30 02/10/2014 GS FC Krasnodar - Everton FC 1-1 Krasnodar Ari 43; Eto'o 82 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Chelsea FC 3 3 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 1 18 5 FC Krasnodar 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 5 2 Chelsea FC - FC Krasnodar Tuesday 8 December 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stamford Bridge, London Match background Chelsea will be looking to finish their successful Group E campaign on a high as they welcome Krasnodar to London. • Both sides' finishing positions in the section were confirmed on Matchday 5. While Olivier Giroud was scoring all Chelsea's goals in a 4-0 win at Sevilla that confirmed the English side in first place and their Spanish opponents in second, Marcus Berg's second-half strike in Russia enabled Krasnodar to see off fellow group stage debutants Rennes to make sure of third position. • Chelsea were 4-0 winners in Russia on Matchday 2, Callum Hudson-Odoi's 37th-minute opener added to in the closing stages by Timo Werner (76 pen), Hakim Ziyech (79) with his first goal for the club and Christian Pulišić (90). Form guide Chelsea • Held 0-0 at home by Sevilla on Matchday 1, the London club followed up their win at Krasnodar by beating Rennes home (3-0) and away (2-1) to secure progress. They made sure of first place in emphatic style, Giroud becoming the first Chelsea player to score four times in a European Cup match – and at 34 years 63 days the oldest hat-trick scorer in UEFA Champions League history – with a four-goal haul at Sevilla. • Chelsea have won four successive UEFA Champions League matches for the fourth time. Only once before have they made it five wins in a row – in the 2010/11 group stage. • Fourth in the Premier League in 2019/20, this is Chelsea's 17th venture into the UEFA Champions League group stage and a third in four years. The exception came in 2018/19, when they won the UEFA Europa League under Maurizio Sarri. • Chelsea's last four UEFA Champions League campaigns have all ended in the round of 16. In 2019/20 they were heavily beaten home (0-3) and away (1-4) by eventual champions Bayern München at that stage. The loss in Munich is the London club's only defeat in 14 European away matches (W10 D3). • Last season Frank Lampard's side recovered from a Matchday 1 defeat at home to Valencia (0-1) to progress as Group H runners-up with 11 points, finishing behind the Spanish side on head-to-head record. • Despite their four victories this season, the Blues have won only five of their last ten UEFA Champions League matches (D3 L2). • Chelsea have won only two of their last seven European matches at Stamford Bridge (D3 L2). • European champions in 2012 having been runners-up four years earlier, Chelsea have now reached the round of 16 on 15 occasions. • The London side have now won their UEFA Champions League group 12 times, although they were runners-up in their section on each of their previous two participations before this season. • Chelsea have won six of their seven games against Russian clubs, the exception a 3-2 loss at Rubin in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League quarter-final second leg – a tie they won 5-4 on aggregate en route to lifting the trophy. • The Blues were 3-1 winners at home to Rubin in that tie, making it nine goals scored and two conceded in their three games against Russian clubs at Stamford Bridge. • Overall Chelsea have scored 18 goals in their seven games against Russian sides, conceding only five. Krasnodar • Having marked their UEFA Champions League group stage debut with a first point in the competition thanks to a 1-1 draw at Rennes, Krasnodar followed the home defeat by Chelsea by going down 3-2 at Sevilla, in a game they led 2- 0, and 2-1 at home against the Spanish side. They got their first group win at the fifth attempt, Berg scoring the only goal at home to Rennes on Matchday 5. • Krasnodar are the seventh Russian club to compete in the UEFA Champions League group stage, and the first newcomers from the country since Rostov in 2016/17. • This is only Krasnodar's seventh season in UEFA competition – they have featured every year since making their debut in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League. In 2019/20, they were eliminated by Olympiacos in the UEFA Champions League play-offs and went on to finish third in their UEFA Europa League section behind Basel and Getafe, picking up nine points from their six matches (W3 L3). • Third in the Russian Premier League for the second season in a row in 2019/20, Krasnodar had only played four European Cup matches before 2020/21. The first ended in a 1-0 home defeat by Porto in the 2019/20 third qualifying round first leg, only for them to then turn round the tie with a remarkable 3-2 victory in Portugal in which they led 3-0 at half-time. However, Olympiacos proved too strong for Murad Musaev's team in the play-offs, winning 4-0 in Greece 3 Chelsea FC - FC Krasnodar Tuesday 8 December 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stamford Bridge, London and 2-1 in Russia. • Krasnodar had no such problems in this season's play-off, winning both legs of their tie against Greek club PAOK 2- 1 with Rémy Cabella scoring the winner in each game. • The Russian club have won two of their last five European away games (D1 L2). • Krasnodar's only games against English clubs before this season came against Everton in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League group stage, a 1-1 home draw – Ari scoring their goal – preceding a 1-0 away victory on Matchday 6 that was their only win in the section. Links and trivia • Has played in England: Rémy Cabella (Newcastle 2014/15) • Cabella helped Newcastle to a 2-1 home Premier League win against Chelsea on 6 December 2014; he was also in the team beaten 2-0 at Stamford Bridge the following month. • Cabella and Giroud were Montpellier team-mates in their 2011/12 Ligue 1 triumph and also played together for France in 2014. • Thiago Silva was on the books at Dinamo Moskva in 2005, although a serious illness meant he did not make a first- team appearance. • N'Golo Kanté scored his first international goal in France's 4-2 friendly win against Russia at the Stade de France in March 2016. • Kai Havertz set up a goal in Germany's 3-0 friendly defeat of Russia in November 2018. Latest news Chelsea • Olivier Giroud became the 17th player to score four or more goals in a UEFA Champions League game on Matchday 5. • Chelsea are unbeaten in 16 games in all competitions (W10 D6); they have won eight of their last nine matches, the exception a goalless draw at home to Tottenham on 29 November.