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Chelsea 1-0 FC Barcelona - October 18, 2006 / Champions League 2006/2007

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Champions League 2006/2007 - Group A

Stamford Bridge - London - England

October 18, 2006

42 500

Chelsea

England

1 - 0

FC Barcelona

Spain

(right foot) Didier Drogba

47'

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47' - Goal Didier Drogba47

56' - Substitution Giovanni van Bronckhorstis substituted by Andrés Iniesta

60' - Substitution Eidur Gudjohnsenis substituted by Ludovic Giuly

74' - Substitution Carles Puyolis substituted by Oleguer

76' - Substitution Andriy Shevchenkois substituted by Arjen Robben76

90' - Substitution Didier Drogbais substituted by Salomon Kalou90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

1 - 0

FC Barcelona

Chelsea FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Drogba4790

Didier Drogba

Ivory Coast

B.date11/03/1978

Age28 years

H1m89

positionStriker

Shevchenko76

Andriy Shevchenko

Ukraine

B.date29/09/1976

Age30 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Ballack

Michael Ballack

Germany

B.date26/09/1976

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age28 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Essien

Michael Essien

Ghana

B.date03/12/1982

Age23 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Makélélé

Claude Makélélé

France

B.date18/02/1973

Age33 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age25 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age25 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Carvalho

Ricardo Carvalho

Portugal

B.date18/05/1978

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Boulahrouz

Khalid Boulahrouz

Netherlands

B.date28/12/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Hilario

Portugal

B.date21/10/1975

Age30 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Hilario		30	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Khalid Boulahrouz		24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Terry		25	283	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Essien		23	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricardo Carvalho		28	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Cole		25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Claude Makélélé		33	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Ballack		30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard		28	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andriy Shevchenko	76	30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Didier Drogba	4790	28	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Ronaldinho

Brazil

B.date21/03/1980

Age26 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

Gudjohnsen60

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Iceland

B.date15/09/1978

Age28 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Messi

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age19 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

Deco

Portugal

B.date27/08/1977

Age29 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

Xavi

Spain

B.date25/01/1980

Age26 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Edmílson

Brazil

B.date10/07/1976

Age30 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

van Bronckhorst56

Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Netherlands

B.date05/02/1975

Age31 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Puyol74

Carles Puyol

Spain

B.date13/04/1978

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Márquez

Rafa Márquez

Mexico

B.date13/02/1979

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Zambrotta

Gianluca Zambrotta

Italy

B.date19/02/1977

Age29 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Valdés

Víctor Valdés

Spain

B.date14/01/1982

Age24 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Víctor Valdés		24	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carles Puyol	74	28	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Edmílson		30	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rafa Márquez		27	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	56	31	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianluca Zambrotta		29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eidur Gudjohnsen	60	28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Deco		29	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xavi		26	322	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ronaldinho		26	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lionel Messi		19	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

126

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Arjen Robben	76	22	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Salomon Kalou	90	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Oleguer	78	26	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrés Iniesta	56	22	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ludovic Giuly	60	30	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Hilario

Petr Cech

OUT

Ashley Cole

Wayne Bridge

OUT

Claude Makélélé

John Obi Mikel

OUT

Ricardo Carvalho

Paulo Ferreira

OUT

Michael Ballack

Arjen Robben

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carles Puyol

Lilian Thuram

OUT

Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Sylvinho

OUT

Deco

Andrés Iniesta

OUT

Gianluca Zambrotta

Belletti

OUT

Edmílson

Thiago Motta

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

José Mourinho

125

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

69 %

Mourinho vs FC Barcelona

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 2006

Mourinho vs Rijkaard

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank Rijkaard

168

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Rijkaard vs Chelsea

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 2006

Rijkaard vs Mourinho

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 2006

Referee

Frank De Bleeckere

2 victories	2 draws	0 loss	Chelsea4 matches	General total	FC Barcelona7 matches	4 victories	2 draws	1 loss
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Chelsea2 matches	Season total	FC Barcelona1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 28, 2010					Latest figure on May 03, 2011

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Key figures

FC Barcelona keeps its 16 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Champions League running (since 14/09/2005). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 09/04/2003 (12 matches)

Giovanni van Bronckhorst played his game number 10 vs in his professional career

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before José Mourinho has done less than 0.6 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 3-0 Manchester United29/04/2006

VChelsea 3-0 Manchester City20/08/2006

VChelsea 2-1 Charlton09/09/2006

VChelsea 2-0 Werder Bremen12/09/2006

VChelsea 1-0 Liverpool17/09/2006

DChelsea 1-1 Aston Villa30/09/2006

Overall

VChelsea 2-0 Werder Bremen12/09/2006

VChelsea 1-0 Liverpool17/09/2006

VFulham 0-2 Chelsea23/09/2006

VLevski Sofia 1-3 Chelsea27/09/2006

DChelsea 1-1 Aston Villa30/09/2006

VReading 0-1 Chelsea14/10/2006

Current form

Away

LAthletic Bilbao 3-1 FC Barcelona20/05/2006

VEspanyol 0-1 FC Barcelona17/08/2006

VCelta Vigo 2-3 FC Barcelona28/08/2006

VRacing Santander 0-3 FC Barcelona17/09/2006

DWerder Bremen 1-1 FC Barcelona27/09/2006

VAthletic Bilbao 1-3 FC Barcelona30/09/2006

Overall

VFC Barcelona 5-0 Levski Sofia12/09/2006

VRacing Santander 0-3 FC Barcelona17/09/2006

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Valencia CF24/09/2006

DWerder Bremen 1-1 FC Barcelona27/09/2006

VAthletic Bilbao 1-3 FC Barcelona30/09/2006

VFC Barcelona 3-1 Sevilla FC15/10/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	12	8
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	21	11
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	5	8
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	10	8
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

6	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (1 times)

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Didier Drogba	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Ronaldinho
Michael Essien	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Lionel Messi
Michael Ballack	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Michael Ballack	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Deco
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Deco
Didier Drogba	3 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Lionel Messi

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

10 gf

5 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

1 d

4 l

3 gf

15 ga

Total

9 matches

3 v

1 d

5 l

13 gf

20 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

4 v

1 d

0 l

15 gf

3 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

5 gf

10 ga

Total

9 matches

5 v

1 d

3 l

20 gf

13 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 2	March 08, 2005
Home	4 - 2	March 08, 2005

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	May 25, 1966
Away	2 - 1	February 22, 2006

Latest head to head

March 07, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

FC Barcelona

1 - 1

Chelsea

February 22, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

Chelsea

1 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

March 08, 2005 - Ligue des Champions 2004/2005

Chelsea

4 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

February 23, 2005 - Ligue des Champions 2004/2005

FC Barcelona

2 - 1

Chelsea

April 18, 2000 - Ligue des Champions 1999/2000

FC Barcelona

5 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Tore André Flo	3 goals	2000 - 2000
Frank Lampard	2 goals	2005 - 2006
Eidur Gudjohnsen	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Damien Duff	1 goal	2005 - 2005
John Terry	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Gianfranco Zola	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/04/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Ronaldinho	3 goals	2005 - 2006
Luis Figo	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Zaldua	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Joaquin Rifé	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Rivaldo	2 goals	2000 - 2000
José Maria Fusté	2 goals	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/04/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Petr Cech	4 matches	2005 - 2006
Ricardo Carvalho	4 matches	2005 - 2006
Paulo Ferreira	4 matches	2005 - 2006
Frank Lampard	4 matches	2005 - 2006
John Terry	4 matches	2005 - 2006
Claude Makélélé	4 matches	2005 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/04/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Carles Puyol	6 matches	2000 - 2006
Giovanni van Bronckhorst	4 matches	2005 - 2006
Ronaldinho	4 matches	2005 - 2006
Víctor Valdés	4 matches	2005 - 2006
Deco	4 matches	2005 - 2006
Samuel Eto'o	4 matches	2005 - 2006