Chelsea 4-1 Nordsjælland: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 5 December 2012
Result
Chelsea 4-1 Nordsjælland
Champions League · Wednesday 5 December 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Chelsea 4-1 Nordsjælland: match report
Chelsea defeated Nordsjælland 4-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 5 December 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.
David Luiz opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Chelsea's goals came from David Luiz (38', penalty), Fernando Torres (45+2'), Gary Cahill (51'), Fernando Torres (56'), Juan Mata (63') and Oscar (71'). Nordsjælland scored through Joshua John (46').
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Nordsjælland received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 41st on 5 points from 5 and Nordsjælland 68th on 1 point from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nordsjælland in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Juan Mata of Chelsea (10.0), ahead of Eden Hazard (8.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Chelsea win, 0 draws and 0 for Nordsjælland.
Key events
- 32'Missed penalty · Nikolai Stokholm
- 35'Missed penalty · Eden Hazard
- 37'Yellow card · A. Christiansen
- 38'Penalty goal · David Luiz
- 45+2'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 46'Goal · Joshua John
- 50'Yellow card · Michael Parkhurst
- 51'Goal · Gary Cahill
- 56'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 63'Goal · Juan Mata
- 71'Goal · Oscar
- 84'Yellow card · Patrick Jan Mtiliga
- 90'Yellow card · David Luiz
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Oriol Romeu, Ramires, Juan Mata, Victor Moses, Fernando Torres, Eden Hazard
Nordsjælland line-up (4-3-3)
Jesper Hansen, Patrick Jan Mtiliga, Michael Parkhurst, Mark Gundelach, Ivan Runje, Mario Tičinović, Anders Christiansen, Enoch Adu, Nicolai Stokholm, Kasper Wellemberg Lorentzen, Joshua John