FC Barcelona 3-0 Chelsea: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 14 March 2018
Result
FC Barcelona 3-0 Chelsea
Champions League · Wednesday 14 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 3-0 Chelsea: match report
FC Barcelona won against Chelsea 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 14 March 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (3'), Ousmane Dembélé (20') and Lionel Messi (63'). Chelsea did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 12th on 15 points from 7 and Chelsea 20th on 12 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (9.6), ahead of Samuel Umtiti (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Barcelona win, 6 draws and 3 for Chelsea.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read D-W-D-D-W and Chelsea's D-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 20'Goal · Ousmane Dembélé
- 22'Yellow card · Sergi Roberto
- 45'Yellow card · Willian
- 49'Yellow card · Olivier Giroud
- 63'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 75'Yellow card · Marcos Alonso
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-4-2)
Marc ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba, Ousmane Dembélé, Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitić, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez
Chelsea line-up (5-4-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Victor Moses, César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rüdiger, Marcos Alonso, Willian, Cesc Fàbregas, N'Golo Kanté, Eden Hazard, Olivier Giroud