Chelsea 1-0 FC Barcelona: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 18 April 2012
Result
Chelsea 1-0 FC Barcelona
Champions League · Wednesday 18 April 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 1-0 FC Barcelona: match report
Chelsea defeated FC Barcelona 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 18 April 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Didier Drogba of Chelsea in the 45th minute.
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 8th on 17 points from 10 and FC Barcelona 3rd on 24 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 2 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-D-L-W and FC Barcelona's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 45+2'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 69'Yellow card · Ramires
- 71'Yellow card · Pedro
- 76'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 86'Yellow card · Didier Drogba
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, David Luiz, Ashley Cole, Branislav Ivanović, Juan Mata, Raúl Meireles, Ramires, Florent Malouda, Didier Drogba, Daniel Sturridge
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Javier Mascherano, Puyol, Adriano, Dani Alves, Eric Abidal, Thiago Alcântara, Cesc Fàbregas, Seydou Keita, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés