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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stamford Bridge - London Tuesday 21 October 2014 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Chelsea FC Group G - Matchday 3 NK Maribor Last updated 31/05/2015 12:42CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Group Standings 15 Competition facts 17 Team facts 18 Legend 20 1 Chelsea FC - NK Maribor Tuesday 21 October 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Stamford Bridge, London Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Chelsea FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Chelsea FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country NK Maribor - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mezga 43, Ž. Filipović 12/12/2013 GS NK Maribor - Wigan Athletic FC 2-1 Maribor 59; Jordi Gómez 41 (P) Powell 22, 90+1, 03/10/2013 GS Wigan Athletic FC - NK Maribor 3-1 Wigan Watson 34; Tavares 60 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tottenham Hotspur FC - NK Defoe 22, 49, 77; 08/11/2012 GS 3-1 London Maribor Berič 40 NK Maribor - Tottenham Hotspur Berič 42; G. 25/10/2012 GS 1-1 Maribor FC Sigurdsson 58 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Birmingham City FC - NK 15/12/2011 GS 1-0 Birmingham Rooney 24 Maribor NK Maribor - Birmingham City Volaš 29; Burke 64, 29/09/2011 GS 1-2 Maribor FC Elliott 79 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NK Maribor 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 4 6 11 2 Chelsea FC - NK Maribor Tuesday 21 October 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Stamford Bridge, London Match background Chelsea FC have the opportunity to extend their lead at the top of Group G when they entertain an NK Maribor side who travel to England for the fourth successive season. Match background Chelsea • Chelsea are facing a side from Slovenia for the first time in European competition. • They won at Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday two, Nemanja Matić making a goalscoring return to Lisbon, to go two points clear at the head of the section. On matchday one, the 2012 champions drew 1-1 at home to FC Schalke 04. • Competing in their 13th group stage campaign and 12th in a row, the London side have won their section in eight of their last 11 campaigns, qualifying as runners-up in two other years. • José Mourinho lifted the UEFA Champions League with FC Porto (2004) and FC Internazionale Milano (2010) and is bidding to become the first head coach to win the European Cup with three different teams. Maribor • A year ago, Maribor lost 3-1 at Wigan Athletic FC in the UEFA Europa League group stage. Their 2-1 home win was their first victory in six matches against English sides: their record is W1 D1 L4 (W0 D0 L3 in England). • It was also the first win by a Slovenian club against English opposition in nine UEFA club competition meetings (W1 D2 L6). • Maribor rescued a 1-1 draw against Sporting in their first Group G match, through substitute Luka Zahovič's added- time header, and then led in Gelsenkirchen through Damjan Bohar before Schalke equalised. • That goal continued Bohar's impressive run in this season's competition; he also scored in the 1-1 draw at home to Celtic FC in the play-off round. Tavares' 75th-minute winner in Glasgow secured Maribor's place in the competition proper for the first time in 15 years. • Bohar had previously scored in the 1-0 home victory over Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC in the third qualifying round, Maribor then drawing 2-2 in Larnaca. The Slovenian side were 2-0 home winners against HŠK Zrinjski after a 0-0 draw away in the second qualifying round. • In their previous group stage appearance 15 years ago, Maribor finished in fourth place with four points, winning 1-0 away against FC Dynamo Kyiv and drawing 0-0 at Bayer 04 Leverkusen. • Maribor have lost just one of their last seven European away games. Coach and player links • Agim Ibraimi scored FYR Macedonia's goal in a 5-1 defeat against Cesc Fàbregas's Spain in a UEFA EURO 2016 qualifier in Valencia on 8 September 2014. César Azpilicueta was on the bench for the home team. • Eden Hazard scored in Belgium's 2-0 win over Ibraimi's FYR Macedonia in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Skopje on 22 March 2013. Thibaut Courtois also played for the away team. • Four days later, Hazard scored the only goal when the sides met in Brussels. Ibraimi and Courtois were also involved. • Ibraimi scored in FYR Macedonia's 1-0 win against Serbia in Skopje on 16 October 2012 in a FIFA World Cup qualifier. Branislav Ivanović came off the bench in the second half for the visitors; Matić was also a substitute. Match facts Chelsea • The Blues are 11 matches unbeaten in 2014/15, winning nine. They have not lost since April's UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg defeat at home to Club Atlético de Madrid. • John Terry captained Chelsea for the 500th time on Saturday, skippering the Blues to a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace FC. Mourinho's team played 50 minutes with ten men following the dismissal of César Azpilicueta. • Fàbregas doubled the visitors' lead with his first league goal for the club. Diego Costa sat out the match with a hamstring problem. • Costa has scored in six of his seven league outings following his summer switch from Atlético, nine goals in all. • Costa scored his first international goal at the seventh time of asking as Spain responded to their 2-1 loss in Slovakia with a 4-0 victory over Luxembourg on 12 October. Mohamed Salah (Egypt 2-0 Botswana, 10 October) and Loïc 3 Chelsea FC - NK Maribor Tuesday 21 October 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Stamford Bridge, London Rémy (Armenia 0-3 France, 14 October) were also on target. • Having started the defeat by Poland three days earlier, André Schürrle left the Germany camp with illness ahead of their draw against the Republic of Ireland on 14 October and consequently was not involved on Saturday. • Chelsea are five points better off in the Premier League than they were at this stage last season. • Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-0 on 5 October, leaving Arsène Wenger 12 games without a win against Mourinho. • The Blues are the last remaining unbeaten side in the Premier League and the division's top scorers, their 23 goals coming at almost three per game. Maribor • Ibraimi is a booking away from a suspension after picking up yellow cards on matchdays one and two. • Two own goals from Aleksander Rajčevič condemned Maribor to their first defeat in nine games in all competitions, the Purples losing 2-1 at home on Saturday to NK Celje. • Ante Šimundža's side had been 13 matches unbeaten at the Stadion Ljudski vrt, since a 2-0 reverse against NK Rudar Velenje on 23 April. • The 18-year-old Zahovič, son of Slovenia's all-time top scorer Zlatko, has registered nine goals in 13 games this term. • Aleš Mertelj featured in three wins in six days last week. He had 90 minutes in Slovenia's 1-0 UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying victory at home to Switzerland on 9 October, came on as a half-time substitute in a 2-0 triumph over Lithuania then started Maribor's 2-0 success away to ND Gorica. • All three of Maribor's defeats this campaign have been in the domestic championship. • The Slovenian title holders are five away games unbeaten, winning three. • Marko Šuler scored his first goal for the club – in his 26th 90-minute outing – as Maribor drew 3-3 with NK Olimpija Ljubljana on 4 October. Tavares scored a last-minute equaliser. 4 Chelsea FC - NK Maribor Tuesday 21 October 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Stamford Bridge, London Squad list Chelsea FC Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Petr Čech CZE 20/05/1982 32 - - - - - 1 - 103 - 118 - 13 Thibaut Courtois BEL 11/05/1992 22 - - - 2 - 8 - 14 - 33 - 33 Mitchell Beeney ENG 03/10/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Branislav Ivanović SRB 22/02/1984 30 - - - 2 - 8 2 49 6 73 10 3 Filipe Luís BRA 09/08/1985 29 - - - 2 - 2 - 12 1 47 1 5 Kurt Zouma FRA 27/10/1994 19 - - - - - - - - - 3 - 6 Nathan Aké NED 18/02/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - 2 - 24 Gary Cahill ENG 19/12/1985 28 - - - 2 - 8 - 21 2 31 3 26 John Terry ENG 07/12/1980 33 - - - 2 - 8 - 100 8 115 11 28 César Azpilicueta ESP 28/08/1989 25 - - - - - 8 - 23 - 33 - 31 Andreas Christensen DEN 10/04/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 4 Cesc Fàbregas ESP 04/05/1987 27 - - - 2 1 8 1 83 17 90 22 7 Ramires BRA 24/03/1987 27 - - - 1 - 4 1 35 6 57 6 8 Oscar BRA 09/09/1991 23 - - - 2 - 6 2 18 6 29 7 10 Eden Hazard BEL 07/01/1991 23 - - - 2 - 8 2 23 2 53 8 12 John Obi Mikel NGA 22/04/1987 27 - - - 1 - 5 - 54 - 60 - 17 Mohamed Salah EGY 15/06/1992 22 - - - 1 - 2 - 7 2 27 7 21 Nemanja Matić SRB 01/08/1988 26 - - - 2 1 8 1 20 2 31 3 22 Willian BRA 09/08/1988 26 - - - 2 - 7 1 43 8 70 10 Forwards 11 Didier Drogba CIV 11/03/1978 36 - - - 1 - 5 - 88 42 98 48 14 André Schürrle GER 06/11/1990 23 - - - 1 - 6 2 19 2 26 4 18 Loïc Rémy FRA 02/01/1987 27 - - - 1 - 3 1 19 4 26 6 19 Diego Costa ESP 07/10/1988 26 - - - 2 - 7 9 11 8 24 12 32 Jeremie Boga FRA 03/01/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 34 Lewis Baker ENG 25/04/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - José Mourinho POR 26/01/1963 51 - - - 2 - - - 115 - 130 - 5 Chelsea FC - NK Maribor Tuesday 21 October 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Stamford Bridge, London NK Maribor Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No.