Chelsea 1-0 Genk: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 19 October 2011
Result
Chelsea 1-0 Genk
Champions League · Wednesday 19 October 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 4-0
Chelsea 1-0 Genk: match report
Chelsea won against Genk 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 19 October 2011. The half-time score was 4-0.
Raul Meireles opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Raul Meireles (8'), Fernando Torres (11'), Fernando Torres (27'), Branislav Ivanović (42') and Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou (72'). Genk did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Genk received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 35th on 4 points from 2 and Genk 26th on 6 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Genk in a 4-1-3-2.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Raul Meireles
- 11'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 15'Yellow card · Khaleem Hyland
- 18'Yellow card · David Luiz
- 27'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 42'Yellow card · Daniel Pudil
- 42'Goal · Branislav Ivanović
- 72'Goal · Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Alex, José Bosingwa, Branislav Ivanović, David Luiz, Ashley Cole, Oriol Romeu, F. Lampard, Raúl Meireles, Nicolas Anelka, Fernando Torres, Florent Malouda
Genk expected line-up (4-1-3-2)
László Köteles, Torben Joneleit, Anele Ngcongca, Daniel Pudil, José Nadson, David Hubert, Dániel Tőzsér, Elyaniv Felix Barda, Jelle Vossen, Thomas Buffel