Stamford Bridge Champions League clash: Crowds ready for Chelsea - Malmö FF action

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 20.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Chelsea and Malmö FF are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

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 Malmö FF.

Malmö FF have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Chelsea form and stats

3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Chelsea so far this season.

Chelsea enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Brentford's place. The match ended 1-0 with Ben Chilwell scoring. Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy did an outstanding job against Brentford with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Edouard Mendy was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.3 out of ten. Mendy stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Chelsea had a Premier League home game versus Southampton which ended with a victory 3-1.

Everyone expects Chelsea to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found four games: four home wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Chelsea have won with at least two goals margin three times in similar situations.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Chelsea, as the Premier League home game vs Norwich City is only three days away.

Chelsea can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 9 times. Chelsea have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

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Malmö FF form and stats

Malmö was sent out of Europa League in the play-offs last season.

6-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Malmö FF in their Allsvenskan matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses both home and away. Malmö FF has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Malmö play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Östersunds FK. Defender Lasse Nielsen was the best team player with a rating of 8.1. Nielsen hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 5-1 vs Onsala.

The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played one away match before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with one win, zero draws and zero defeats. zero games were lost by at least two goals margin.

The schedule is very tough for Malmö FF now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Allsvenskan game at Varberg is waiting in only four days.

Malmö are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 11 away games so far. As opposed to that, Malmö have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Chelsea-Malmö FF H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Chelsea two wins, Malmö FF zero wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Chelsea missing players

Malmö FF missing players

Chelsea Malmö FF
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
15 7   Won W   5 13
5 3   Drew D   3 5
5 3   Lost L   4 7
37 20   Scored S   20 48
17 9   Conceded C   15 28
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
68% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 84%
40% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 64%
8% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 32%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 20%
44% 38%   BTTS BTTS   50% 52%
40% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 36%
16% 23%   Failed to Score F T   17% 16%
 
5.6 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.4
5 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6 4.4
1.5 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.9
2 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
13.8 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   15.3 16.1
5 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 5.5
30% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
2 Zenit 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 3
3 Chelsea 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
4 Malmö FF 2 0 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 -7 0
  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 8 6 1 1 16 3 4 3 0 1 9 2 4 3 1 0 7 1 13 19
2 Liverpool 8 5 3 0 22 6 4 2 2 0 8 3 4 3 1 0 14 3 16 18
3 Manchester City 8 5 2 1 16 3 4 3 1 0 12 0 4 2 1 1 4 3 13 17
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 8 4 3 1 8 5 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 2 2 0 4 2 3 15
5 Manchester United 8 4 2 2 16 10 4 2 1 1 10 4 4 2 1 1 6 6 6 14
6 Everton 7 4 2 1 13 8 3 3 0 0 8 2 4 1 2 1 5 6 5 14
7 Brentford 8 3 3 2 10 7 4 1 1 2 5 5 4 2 2 0 5 2 3 12
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 8 4 0 4 8 8 4 1 0 3 2 5 4 3 0 1 6 3 0 12
9 Tottenham Hotspur 7 4 0 3 6 10 4 3 0 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 12
10 West Ham United 7 3 2 2 14 10 4 1 1 2 8 7 3 2 1 0 6 3 4 11
11 Leicester City 8 3 2 3 13 14 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 1 1 2 6 9 -1 11
12 Aston Villa 8 3 1 4 12 12 4 2 1 1 8 4 4 1 0 3 4 8 0 10
13 Arsenal 7 3 1 3 5 10 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 1 1 2 1 7 -5 10
14 Crystal Palace 7 1 4 2 8 11 4 1 3 0 6 3 3 0 1 2 2 8 -3 7
15 Southampton 8 1 4 3 6 10 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 0 2 2 4 8 -4 7
16 Watford 8 2 1 5 7 15 4 1 1 2 4 10 4 1 0 3 3 5 -8 7
17 Leeds United 8 1 3 4 7 15 4 1 1 2 4 7 4 0 2 2 3 8 -8 6
18 Newcastle United 7 0 3 4 8 16 3 0 2 1 5 7 4 0 1 3 3 9 -8 3
19 Burnley 8 0 3 5 5 13 4 0 2 2 2 4 4 0 1 3 3 9 -8 3
20 Norwich City 8 0 2 6 2 16 4 0 1 3 2 8 4 0 1 3 0 8 -14 2
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Malmö FF 23 13 5 5 48 25 12 7 3 2 28 14 11 6 2 3 20 11 23 44
2 Djurgården 22 13 5 4 37 18 11 8 2 1 24 10 11 5 3 3 13 8 19 44
3 AIK 22 13 5 4 32 18 12 10 2 0 21 6 10 3 3 4 11 12 14 44
4 Norrköping 22 12 3 7 37 23 11 7 2 2 21 10 11 5 1 5 16 13 14 39
5 Elfsborg 22 12 3 7 35 25 12 7 2 3 21 13 10 5 1 4 14 12 10 39
6 Kalmar 22 10 7 5 27 22 12 5 4 3 15 12 10 5 3 2 12 10 5 37
7 Hammarby 22 9 7 6 36 30 11 7 3 1 22 11 11 2 4 5 14 19 6 34
8 Sirius 23 8 6 9 26 37 11 6 1 4 13 12 12 2 5 5 13 25 -11 30
9 Häcken 22 7 7 8 33 32 10 4 3 3 19 13 12 3 4 5 14 19 1 28
10 Varberg 23 7 7 9 26 29 11 4 4 3 11 12 12 3 3 6 15 17 -3 28
11 Degerfors 23 7 4 12 25 40 11 6 1 4 17 14 12 1 3 8 8 26 -15 25
12 Mjallby 22 5 9 8 18 19 10 3 4 3 7 5 12 2 5 5 11 14 -1 24
13 Halmstad 23 4 11 8 16 21 11 2 8 1 8 7 12 2 3 7 8 14 -5 23
14 IFK Göteborg 22 5 7 10 24 32 11 3 3 5 14 15 11 2 4 5 10 17 -8 22
15 Örebro 22 4 4 14 16 44 11 2 4 5 9 16 11 2 0 9 7 28 -28 16
16 Östersunds FK 23 3 4 16 20 41 12 3 1 8 17 19 11 0 3 8 3 22 -21 13

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.