Valencia 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 3 October 2007

Result

Valencia 1-2 Chelsea

Champions League · Wednesday 3 October 2007, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Valencia 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Valencia were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 3 October 2007. It was 1-1 at half-time.

David Villa opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Valencia's goal came from David Villa (9'). Chelsea scored through Joe Cole (21') and Didier Drogba (71').

Discipline: Valencia received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Valencia lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 1 for Chelsea.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · David VillaValencia · 1-0
  • 21'Goal · Joe ColeChelsea · 1-1
  • 71'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 1-2
  • 79'Yellow card · MarchenaValencia
  • 89'Yellow card · John Mikel ObiChelsea

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Valencia 0, draws 1, Chelsea 1.

Team news

Valencia line-up (4-2-2-2)

Timo Hildebrand, Raúl Albiol, Iván Helguera, Miguel, Emiliano Moretti, Marchena, David Silva, David Villa, Morientes, Joaquín, Albelda

Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira, John Terry, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Florent Malouda, Didier Drogba, Claude Makélélé, Joe Cole