Chelsea 1-0 Rubin Kazan: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 4 April 2013
Result
Chelsea 1-0 Rubin Kazan
Europa League · Thursday 4 April 2013, 19:05 UTC · half-time 2-1
Chelsea 1-0 Rubin Kazan: match report
Chelsea beat Rubin Kazan 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 4 April 2013. The half-time score was 2-1.
Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Fernando Torres (16'), Victor Moses (32') and Fernando Torres (70'). Rubin Kazan scored through Bibars Natcho (41', penalty).
Discipline: Chelsea received 4 yellow cards; Rubin Kazan received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 41st on 10 points from 4 and Rubin Kazan 19th on 17 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rubin Kazan in a 4-4-1-1.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-D-W-W and Rubin Kazan's D-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 32'Goal · Victor Moses
- 41'Yellow card · John Terry
- 41'Penalty goal · Bibars Natcho
- 70'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 77'Yellow card · Yossi Benayoun
- 86'Yellow card · Orbaiz
- 90'Yellow card · Marko Marin
- 90+2'Yellow card · Marko Marin
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, David Luiz, John Terry, César Azpilicueta, Ryan Bertrand, Ramires, F. Lampard, Juan Mata, Victor Moses, Yossi Benayoun, Fernando Torres
Rubin Kazan line-up (4-4-1-1)
Sergey Ryzhikov, Oleg Kuzmin, Cristian Ansaldi, César Navas, Vitaliy Kaleshin, Roman Sharonov, Orbaiz, R. Eremenko, Gökdeniz Karadeniz, Bibras Natcho, Vladimir Dyadyun