Chelsea 2-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 16 September 2015
Result
Chelsea 2-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Champions League · Wednesday 16 September 2015, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Chelsea 2-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv: match report
Chelsea defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 16 September 2015. The half-time score was 2-0.
Willian opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Willian (15'), Oscar (45+4', penalty), Diego Costa (58') and Cesc Fàbregas (78'). Maccabi Tel Aviv did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Maccabi Tel Aviv received 3 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Maccabi Tel Aviv in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cesc Fàbregas of Chelsea (9.3), ahead of Willian (7.8).
Key events
- 1'Yellow card · Ruben Loftus-Cheek
- 5'Yellow card · Predrag Rajković
- 6'Missed penalty · Eden Hazard
- 15'Goal · Willian
- 33'Yellow card · Nosa Igiebor
- 45+2'Yellow card · Tal Ben Haim
- 45+4'Penalty goal · Oscar
- 58'Goal · Diego Costa
- 78'Goal · Cesc Fàbregas
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Asmir Begović, Kurt Zouma, Abdul Rahman Baba, Gary Cahill, César Azpilicueta, Cesc Fàbregas, Oscar, Eden Hazard, Willian, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Loïc Rémy
Maccabi Tel Aviv line-up (4-1-4-1)
Predrag Rajković, Yuval Spungin, Eitan Tibi, Omri Ben Harush, Tal Ben Haim, Gal Alberman, Tal Ben Haim, Avi Rikan, Nikola Mitrović, Nosa Igiebor, Eran Zahavi