Chelsea 5-1 Shamrock Rovers: result and report
Europa Conference League · Thursday 19 December 2024
Result
Chelsea 5-1 Shamrock Rovers
Europa Conference League · Thursday 19 December 2024, 20:00 UTC · half-time 4-1
Chelsea · Shamrock Rovers · Europa Conference League predictions
Chelsea 5-1 Shamrock Rovers: match report
Chelsea defeated Shamrock Rovers 5-1 in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 19 December 2024. It was 4-1 at half-time.
Marc Guiu opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Marc Guiu (23'), Marc Guiu (34'), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (40'), Marc Guiu (45+4') and Marc Cucurella (58'). Shamrock Rovers scored through Markus Poom (26').
Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Shamrock Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 11th on 18 points from 7 and Shamrock Rovers 24th on 11 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa Conference League season and is kept for reference.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Shamrock Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marc Guiu of Chelsea (9.7), ahead of Christopher Nkunku (8.1).
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Shamrock Rovers's W-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Marc Guiu
- 26'Goal · Markus Poom
- 30'Yellow card · Markus Poom
- 34'Goal · Marc Guiu
- 40'Goal · Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
- 45+4'Goal · Marc Guiu
- 58'Goal · Marc Cucurella
- 62'Yellow card · Roberto Lopes
Team news
Unavailable
- Rory Gaffney
- Cole Palmer
- Marcus Bettinelli
- Ben Chilwell
- Reece James
- Benoît Badiashile
- Wesley Fofana
- Roméo Lavia
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Filip Jørgensen, Joshua Kofi Acheampong, Axel Disasi, Renato Veiga, Marc Cucurella, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Cesare Casadei, Noni Madueke, Christopher Nkunku, Tyrique George, Marc Guiu
Shamrock Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Léon-Maurice Pöhls, Dan Cleary, Roberto Lopes, Lee Grace, Darragh Burns, Gary O'Neill, Markus Poom, Josh Honohan, Neil Farrugia, Dylan Watts, Johnny Kenny