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

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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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · Niklas SüleBorussia Dortmund
  • 43'Goal · Raheem SterlingChelsea · 1-0
  • 53'Penalty goal · Kai HavertzChelsea · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Kepa ArrizabalagaChelsea
  • 77'Yellow card · Enzo FernándezChelsea
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Ben ChilwellChelsea
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Marius WolfBorussia Dortmund
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Marc CucurellaChelsea
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Jude BellinghamBorussia Dortmund

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Chelsea 0, draws 0, Borussia Dortmund 1.

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