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Chelsea 1-0 FC Barcelona - April 18, 2012 / Champions League 2011/2012

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Champions League 2011/2012 - Semi-finals

Stamford Bridge - London - England

April 18, 2012 - 20:45

41 841

1 - 0

FC Barcelona

Spain

Assist by Ramires (left foot) Didier Drogba

45'

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45' - Goal Didier Drogba45

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66' - Substitution Alexis Sánchezis substituted by Pedro

69' - Yellow card Ramires69

71' - Yellow card Pedro

74' - Substitution Juan Manuel Matais substituted by Salomon Kalou74

76' - Yellow card Sergio Busquets

78' - Substitution Cesc Fàbregasis substituted by Thiago Alcántara

86' - Yellow card Didier Drogba86

87' - Substitution Xaviis substituted by Isaac Cuenca

88' - Substitution Ramiresis substituted by José Bosingwa88

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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

11Drogba4586

Didier Drogba

Ivory Coast

B.date11/03/1978

Age34 years

H1m89

positionStriker

7Ramires8869

Ramires

Brazil

B.date24/03/1987

Age25 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

16Meireles

Raul Meireles

Portugal

B.date17/03/1983

Age29 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

8Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age33 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

10Mata74

Juan Manuel Mata

Spain

B.date28/04/1988

Age23 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

12Obi Mikel

John Obi Mikel

Nigeria

B.date22/04/1987

Age24 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age31 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

26Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age31 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

24Cahill

Gary Cahill

England

B.date19/12/1985

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

2Ivanovic

Branislav Ivanovic

Serbia

B.date22/02/1984

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

1Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age29 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Petr Cech		29	363	9You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Gary Cahill		26	16	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	John Terry		31	540	7.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ashley Cole		31	255	6.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Branislav Ivanovic		28	155	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	John Obi Mikel		24	234	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ramires	8869	25	82	7.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard		33	553	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Raul Meireles		29	41	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Juan Manuel Mata	74	23	48	6.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Didier Drogba	4586	34	336	8.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

238

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

4Fàbregas78

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

9Sánchez66

Alexis Sánchez

Chile

B.date19/12/1988

Age23 years

H1m71

positionVersatile Forward

10Messi

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age24 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

8Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age27 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

6Xavi87

Xavi

Spain

B.date25/01/1980

Age32 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

16Busquets76

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age23 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

21Adriano

Adriano

Brazil

B.date26/10/1984

Age27 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

14Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age27 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

5Puyol

Carles Puyol

Spain

B.date13/04/1978

Age34 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

2Alves

Dani Alves

Brazil

B.date06/05/1983

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1Valdés

Víctor Valdés

Spain

B.date14/01/1982

Age30 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Víctor Valdés		30	454	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Carles Puyol		34	554	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Dani Alves		28	203	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Adriano		27	65	6.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Javier Mascherano		27	90	5.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Sergio Busquets	76	23	185	6.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Xavi	87	32	623	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	F	Cesc Fàbregas	78	24	43	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Andrés Iniesta		27	399	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alexis Sánchez	66	23	37	7.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi		24	322	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

270

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Ross Turnbull		27
5	D	Michael Essien		29
17	D	José Bosingwa	88	29	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Salomon Kalou	74	26	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Daniel Sturridge		22
15	F	Florent Malouda		31
9	F	Fernando Torres		28

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	José Manuel Pinto		36
32	D	Marc Bartra		21
3	D	Gerard Piqué		25
11	M	Thiago Alcántara	78	21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Seydou Keita		32
17	F	Pedro	6671	24	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Isaac Cuenca	87	20	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Branislav Ivanovic

José Bosingwa

OUT

Gary Cahill

David Luiz

OUT

Raul Meireles

Salomon Kalou

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andrés Iniesta

Thiago Alcántara

OUT

Dani Alves

Pedro

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roberto Di Matteo

Success rate in this team:

77 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Di Matteo vs FC Barcelona

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 18, 2012

Di Matteo vs Guardiola

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 18, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Josep Guardiola

240

Success rate in this team:

73 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

73 %

Guardiola vs Chelsea

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 18, 2012

Guardiola vs Di Matteo

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 18, 2012

Referee

Felix Brych

5 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Chelsea6 matches	General total	FC Barcelona7 matches	3 victories	3 draws	1 loss
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Chelsea2 matches	Season total	FC Barcelona1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 02, 2021					Latest figure on February 25, 2020

Videos

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Comments

Key figures

No FC Barcelona manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Josep Guardiola has done less than 8% of losses .

Chelsea keeps its 6 consecutive wins at home in Champions League running (since 13/09/2011). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/03/2008-25/02/2009 time period (7 matches).

Javier Mascherano played his game number 50 in Champions League

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 1-0 Stoke City10/03/2012

VChelsea 4-1 Napoli14/03/2012

VChelsea 5-2 Leicester18/03/2012

DChelsea 0-0 Tottenham24/03/2012

VChelsea 2-1 Benfica04/04/2012

VChelsea 2-1 Wigan07/04/2012

Overall

VBenfica 0-1 Chelsea27/03/2012

VAston Villa 2-4 Chelsea31/03/2012

VChelsea 2-1 Benfica04/04/2012

VChelsea 2-1 Wigan07/04/2012

DFulham 1-1 Chelsea09/04/2012

VTottenham 1-5 Chelsea15/04/2012

Current form

Away

VRacing Santander 0-2 FC Barcelona11/03/2012

VSevilla FC 0-2 FC Barcelona17/03/2012

VMallorca 0-2 FC Barcelona24/03/2012

DAC Milan 0-0 FC Barcelona28/03/2012

VReal Zaragoza 1-4 FC Barcelona07/04/2012

VLevante 1-2 FC Barcelona14/04/2012

Overall

DAC Milan 0-0 FC Barcelona28/03/2012

VFC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao31/03/2012

VFC Barcelona 3-1 AC Milan03/04/2012

VReal Zaragoza 1-4 FC Barcelona07/04/2012

VFC Barcelona 4-0 Getafe10/04/2012

VLevante 1-2 FC Barcelona14/04/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	11	7
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	8	15
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

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

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	10
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
6	Victories (Competition total)	8
5	Victories (Home / Away)	4
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	33
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2.1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.3
3.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
0.9	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.7
0.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.6

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	5-0 (1 times)

Bookings

19	Yellow cards (Competition total)	15
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	8
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Didier Drogba	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Lionel Messi
Didier Drogba	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Lionel Messi
Frank Lampard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Lionel Messi
Frank Lampard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Lionel Messi
Fernando Torres	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Lionel Messi
Didier Drogba	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Dani Alves
Frank Lampard	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	14 goals, 4 assists during the last 10 matches	Lionel Messi

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

4 v

1 d

1 l

12 gf

6 ga

Away

7 matches

0 v

3 d

4 l

5 gf

17 ga

Total

13 matches

4 v

4 d

5 l

17 gf

23 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

4 v

3 d

0 l

17 gf

5 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

1 d

4 l

6 gf

12 ga

Total

13 matches

5 v

4 d

4 l

23 gf

17 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

May 06, 2009 - Ligue des Champions 2008/2009

Chelsea

1 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

April 28, 2009 - Ligue des Champions 2008/2009

FC Barcelona

0 - 0

Chelsea

October 31, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2006/2007

FC Barcelona

2 - 2

Chelsea

October 18, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2006/2007

Chelsea

1 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

March 07, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

FC Barcelona

1 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

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

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
Rivaldo	2 goals	2000 - 2000
José Maria Fusté	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Samuel Eto'o	2 goals	2005 - 2006
Luis Figo	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Zaldua	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

Frank Lampard	8 matches	2005 - 2009
John Terry	8 matches	2005 - 2009
Didier Drogba	7 matches	2005 - 2009
Claude Makélélé	6 matches	2005 - 2006
Petr Cech	6 matches	2005 - 2009
Ricardo Carvalho	6 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	9 matches	2000 - 2009
Víctor Valdés	8 matches	2005 - 2009
Xavi	7 matches	2000 - 2009
Andrés Iniesta	7 matches	2005 - 2009
Lionel Messi	6 matches	2006 - 2009
Deco	6 matches	2005 - 2006