Chelsea 3-0 Malmö FF: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 21 February 2019
Result
Chelsea 3-0 Malmö FF
Europa League · Thursday 21 February 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Chelsea 3-0 Malmö FF: match report
Chelsea defeated Malmö FF 3-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 21 February 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Olivier Giroud (55'), Ross Barkley (74') and Callum Hudson-Odoi (84'). Malmö FF did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Malmö FF received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 14th on 19 points from 7 and Malmö FF 30th on 13 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Malmö FF in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Hudson-Odoi of Chelsea (8.6), ahead of Willian (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Chelsea win, 0 draws and 0 for Malmö FF.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Malmö FF's L-W-D-D-D.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Ross Barkley
- 31'Yellow card · Behrang Safari
- 44'Yellow card · Markus Rosenberg
- 51'Yellow card · Anders Christiansen
- 52'Yellow card · Rasmus Bengtsson
- 55'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 73'Second yellow · Rasmus Bengtsson
- 74'Goal · Ross Barkley
- 84'Goal · Callum Hudson-Odoi
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Willy Caballero, César Azpilicueta, Antonio Rüdiger, Andreas Christensen, Emerson, N'Golo Kanté, Mateo Kovacic, Ross Barkley, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Olivier Giroud, Willian
Malmö FF line-up (5-3-2)
Johan Dahlin, Andreas Vindheim, Lasse Nielsen, Rasmus Bengtsson, Behrang Safari, Søren Rieks, Anders Christiansen, Fouad Bachirou, Arnór Traustason, Markus Rosenberg, Marcus Antonsson