Krasnodar have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Chelsea. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Chelsea and Krasnodar.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Krasnodar, who are travelling more than 3400 kilometers to play this game.
Chelsea form and stats
Last season, Chelsea's Champions League journey ended in the 8th finals against Bayern München.3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Chelsea have to build on here at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.
Chelsea's last game was hosting Leeds United and winning 3-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Sevilla and winning 4-0.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Chelsea home games with this odds we find 13 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in ten wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, eight matches were won by at least two goals.
Chelsea are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Everton awaits in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Chelsea are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 6 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Krasnodar form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the play-offs.Krasnodar have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-1-6 (9 played). Total Champions League statistics for Krasnodar: 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. A depressing four defeats in a row for Krasnodar in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Sochi.
Krasnodar had fun at their own home (Stamford Bridge) last time out, beating Rotor Volgograd 5-0. Ari (2), Shapi Suleymanov and Viktor Claesson (2) scored. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Rennes in the Champions League.
As mentioned above, Krasnodar was the only team on the pitch versus Rotor Volgograd in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Goalkeeper Matvey Safonov was absolutely vital in the Krasnodar victory against Rotor Volgograd, making six saves.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Krasnodar played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected zero times.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Krasnodar as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Krasnodar have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Krasnodar - Chelsea 0-4 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  M. Berg 6 goals |  R. Cabella 5 goals |   K. Zouma 4 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Krasnodar missing players
| Chelsea | Krasnodar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 57 | 26 | Scored | S | 13 | 42 | ||
| 26 | 7 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 15.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.5 | ||
| 42% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 10 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 4 | Rennes | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 22 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Manchester City | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Leicester City | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Southampton | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Everton | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Leeds United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | Arsenal | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 17 | Fulham | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | West Bromwich Albion | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 6 |
| 19 | Burnley | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 6 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | Rostov | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 28 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Akhmat Grozny | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Krasnodar | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 9 | Sochi | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 11 | Ural | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 12 | Khimki | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 14 |
| 14 | Tambov | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 12 |
| 15 | Ufa | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -16 | 10 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -23 | 8 |