UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadium Krasnodar - Krasnodar Wednesday 28 October 2020 18.55CET (20.55 local time) FC Krasnodar Group E - Matchday 2 Chelsea FC Last updated 30/04/2021 00:22CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 6 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Competition facts 16 Team facts 17 Legend 19 1 FC Krasnodar - Chelsea FC Wednesday 28 October 2020 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Stadium Krasnodar, Krasnodar Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams 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 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 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Krasnodar 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 Chelsea FC 3 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 1 14 5 2 FC Krasnodar - Chelsea FC Wednesday 28 October 2020 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Stadium Krasnodar, Krasnodar Match background Krasnodar's first home game in the UEFA Champions League group stage brings a first meeting with Chelsea, with the sides each having a point on the board. • While Chelsea shared a goalless draw with last season's UEFA Europa League winners Sevilla at Stamford Bridge in their Group E opener, Krasnodar drew 1-1 at fellow group stage debutants Rennes, Cristian Ramírez scoring their first goal in the UEFA Champions League proper. Form guide Krasnodar • 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 Musayev's team in the play-offs, winning 4-0 in Greece 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 their last three home European matches, having been without a victory in the previous five (D2 L3). • Krasnodar are unbeaten in their two previous games against English clubs, drawing 1-1 at home to Everton in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League group stage – Ari scoring their goal – before a 1-0 away victory. Chelsea • 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 that 2018/19 campaign, 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 ended the London club's ten-match unbeaten run away in Europe (W7 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. • The Blues have won only one of their last six UEFA Champions League matches (D3 L2). • European champions in 2012 having been runners-up four years earlier, Chelsea have reached the round of 16 on 14 occasions. • The London side have won their UEFA Champions League group 11 times, although they have been runners-up in their section on each of their last two participations. • Chelsea's last trip to Russia brought their first defeat there, a 3-2 loss at Rubin in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League quarter-final second leg; Rafael Benítez's side prevailed on aggregate having won the first leg 3-1 and went on to claim the trophy. • That was the Blues' first loss against a Russian club having won all their first five matches, including away triumphs in the UEFA Champions League group stage against CSKA Moskva (1-0) in 2004/05 and Spartak Moskva (2-0) in 2010/11. 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 Olivier Giroud were Montpellier team-mates in their 2011/12 Ligue 1 triumph and also played together 3 FC Krasnodar - Chelsea FC Wednesday 28 October 2020 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Stadium Krasnodar, Krasnodar 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 – and so far only – 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 Krasnodar • Summer transfers In: Igor Smolnikov (Zenit), Evgeni Gorodov (Akhmat), Evgeni Markov (Dinamo Moskva), Evgeni Chernov (Rostov) Out: Stanislav Kritsyuk (Os Belenenses), Jón Gudni Fjóluson (Brann), Manuel Fernandes (Kayserispor), Uroš Spajić (Feyenoord, loan) • Yuri Gazinski and Smolnikov will make their 50th appearance in UEFA club competition when they next feature. • Eleven Krasnodar players made their debuts in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, on Matchday 1, including 34-year-old striker Marcus Berg. • Krasnodar, who lost 3-1 at home to Spartak Moskva on Saturday, have picked up 18 points from their first 12 league games of 2020/21, eight fewer than at the same stage of last season. • The 7-2 win at home to Khimki on 18 September was the first time Krasnodar have ever scored seven goals in a game. It was their biggest margin of victory since a 5-0 home success against Anzhi on 31 March 2019. • Kristoffer Olsson set up a goal in Sweden's 2-1 friendly win in Russia on 8 October. • Three days later, a Berg goal was not enough to prevent Sweden losing 2-1 in Croatia in the UEFA Nations League. • Goalkeeper Matvei Safonov helped Russia to a 4-0 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying defeat of Estonia on 9 October and was subsequently called up to the senior squad. • Sergei Petrov will be out of action for the rest of this year with a hamstring injury suffered in Rennes. • Wanderson, Berg, Yegor Sorokin and Olsson missed the game against Spartak with minor injuries. Chelsea • Summer transfers In: Edouard Mendy (Rennes), Timo Werner (RB Leipzig), Hakim Ziyech (Ajax), Thiago Silva (Paris), Xavier Mbuyamba (Barcelona), Ben Chilwell (Leicester), Malang Sarr (Nice), Kai Havertz (Leverkusen) Out: Willian (Arsenal), Lewis Baker (Trabzonspor, loan), Josh Grant (Bristol Rovers), Jamie Cumming (Stevenage, loan), Nathan (Atlético Mineiro), Danilo Pantić (Čukarički, loan), Izzy Brown (Sheffield Wednesday, loan), Jamal Blackman (Rotherham, loan), Pedro (Roma, free), Tariq Uwakwe (Accrington, loan), Ethan Ampadu (Sheffield United, loan), Conor Gallagher (West Brom, loan), David Zappacosta (Genoa, loan), Luke McCormick (Bristol Rovers, loan), Jon Russell (Accrington, loan), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Fulham, loan), Malang Sarr (Porto, loan) • Ziyech made his 50th appearance in UEFA club competition on Matchday 1. • Having managed Chelsea for 62 matches without a goalless draw, Frank Lampard has overseen two scoreless matches in succession – against Sevilla and, on Saturday, at Manchester United in the Premier League.