Chelsea 2-0 Borussia Dortmund: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 7 March 2023
Result
Chelsea 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
Champions League · Tuesday 7 March 2023, 20:10 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 2-0 Borussia Dortmund: match report
Chelsea beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 7 March 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Raheem Sterling (43') and Kai Havertz (53', penalty). Borussia Dortmund did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received 4 yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 13th on 13 points from 7 and Borussia Dortmund 16th on 12 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-3 and Borussia Dortmund in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Chilwell of Chelsea (8.1), level with Kai Havertz (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 1 for Borussia Dortmund.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Borussia Dortmund's W-D-D-D-W.
Key events
- 41'Yellow card · Niklas Süle
- 43'Goal · Raheem Sterling
- 53'Penalty goal · Kai Havertz
- 65'Yellow card · Kepa Arrizabalaga
- 77'Yellow card · Enzo Fernández
- 90+2'Yellow card · Ben Chilwell
- 90+2'Yellow card · Marius Wolf
- 90+6'Yellow card · Marc Cucurella
- 90+8'Yellow card · Jude Bellingham
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (3-4-3)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, Wesley Fofana, Kalidou Koulibaly, Marc Cucurella, Reece James, Enzo Fernández, Mateo Kovacic, Ben Chilwell, Raheem Sterling, Kai Havertz, João Félix
Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-1-4-1)
Alexander Meyer, Marius Wolf, Niklas Süle, Nico Schlotterbeck, Raphaël Guerreiro, Emre Can, Julian Brandt, Jude Bellingham, Salih Özcan, Marco Reus, Sébastien Haller