Real Madrid 2-0 Chelsea: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 12 April 2023
Result
Real Madrid 2-0 Chelsea
Champions League · Wednesday 12 April 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 2-0 Chelsea: match report
Real Madrid beat Chelsea 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 12 April 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Karim Benzema (21') and Marco Asensio (74'). Chelsea did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 5th on 19 points from 8 and Chelsea 8th on 16 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Chelsea in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Carvajal of Real Madrid (8.1), ahead of Karim Benzema (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Madrid win, 1 draw and 2 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-L-D and Chelsea's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Wesley Fofana
- 7'Yellow card · Eduardo Camavinga
- 21'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 59'Red card · Ben Chilwell
- 74'Goal · Marco Asensio
- 83'Yellow card · Éder Militão
- 87'Yellow card · Daniel Carvajal
- 87'Yellow card · Mateo Kovacic
Head-to-head
Team news
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
Chelsea line-up (3-5-2)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, Wesley Fofana, Thiago Silva, Kalidou Koulibaly, Reece James, N'Golo Kanté, Enzo Fernández, Mateo Kovacic, Ben Chilwell, Raheem Sterling, João Félix