Valencia 1-2 Chelsea: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 10 April 2007
Result
Valencia 1-2 Chelsea
Champions League · Tuesday 10 April 2007, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valencia 1-2 Chelsea: match report
Valencia were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 10 April 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Morientes opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Valencia's goal came from Morientes (32'). Chelsea scored through Andriy Shevchenko (51') and Michael Essien (90').
Discipline: Valencia received 4 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 2nd on 19 points from 11 and Chelsea 4th on 18 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 0 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read D-D-D-L-W and Chelsea's D-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 3'Yellow card · Michael Essien
- 21'Yellow card · Michael Ballack
- 32'Goal · Morientes
- 45'Yellow card · Del Horno
- 51'Goal · Andriy Shevchenko
- 51'Yellow card · Albelda
- 60'Yellow card · Roberto Ayala
- 61'Yellow card · Emiliano Moretti
- 90'Goal · Michael Essien
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up
Cañizares, Miguel, Del Horno, Roberto Ayala, Raúl Albiol, Emiliano Moretti, David Silva, David Villa, Morientes, Joaquín, Albelda
Chelsea expected line-up
John Terry, William Gallas, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Didier Drogba, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé, Petr Čech, Damien Duff, Eiður Guðjohnsen