Chelsea 0-2 Real Madrid: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 18 April 2023

Result

Chelsea 0-2 Real Madrid

Champions League · Tuesday 18 April 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Chelsea 0-2 Real Madrid: match report

Chelsea lost to Real Madrid 0-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 18 April 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Rodrygo opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Chelsea did not score. Real Madrid scored through Rodrygo (58') and Rodrygo (80').

Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 9th on 16 points from 9 and Real Madrid 3rd on 22 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Chelsea lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Rodrygo of Real Madrid (9.1), ahead of Thibaut Courtois (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 2 for Real Madrid.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Real Madrid's W-W-W-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Éder MilitãoReal Madrid
  • 34'Yellow card · Marc CucurellaChelsea
  • 50'Yellow card · Reece JamesChelsea
  • 58'Goal · RodrygoReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 80'Goal · RodrygoReal Madrid · 0-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Mykhaylo MudrykChelsea

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Chelsea 2, draws 1, Real Madrid 2.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (3-5-1-1)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Trevoh Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Wesley Fofana, Reece James, Enzo Fernández, Mateo Kovacic, Marc Cucurella, N'Golo Kanté, Conor Gallagher, Kai Havertz

Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)

Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Éder Militão, David Alaba, Eduardo Camavinga, Federico Valverde, Toni Kroos, Luka Modrić, Rodrygo, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior