Chelsea vs Milan 2022-23 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

Chelsea

24': Wesley Fofana
56': Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
62': Reece James

FT
3 - 0

AC Milan

Chelsea cruise past Milan to earn first Champions League win

Chelsea earned their first Champions League victory of the season as they cruised to a 3-0 win over AC Milan on Wednesday.

Match Commentary

8': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
15': Fodé Ballo-Touré (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
24': Goal! Chelsea 1, AC Milan 0. Wesley Fofana (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek following a corner.
38': Substitution, Chelsea. Trevoh Chalobah replaces Wesley Fofana because of an injury.
39': Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42': Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
45'+5': First Half ends, Chelsea 1, AC Milan 0.
45': Second Half begins Chelsea 1, AC Milan 0.
56': Goal! Chelsea 2, AC Milan 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Reece James with a cross.
62': Goal! Chelsea 3, AC Milan 0. Reece James (Chelsea) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top right corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
64': Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Charles De Ketelaere.
65': Substitution, AC Milan. Matteo Gabbia replaces Rade Krunic.
65': Substitution, Chelsea. Conor Gallagher replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
66': Substitution, Chelsea. Jorginho replaces Mateo Kovacic.
71': Thiago Silva (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
72': Substitution, AC Milan. Brahim Díaz replaces Rafael Leão.
73': Substitution, AC Milan. Divock Origi replaces Olivier Giroud.
73': Substitution, AC Milan. Tommaso Pobega replaces Ismaël Bennacer.
74': Substitution, Chelsea. Kai Havertz replaces Mason Mount.
75': Substitution, Chelsea. Armando Broja replaces Raheem Sterling.
90'+2': Second Half ends, Chelsea 3, AC Milan 0.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Stamford Bridge
Location: London, England
Attendance: 39,537

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+11	Atlético Madrid	6	14	0
0	Lazio	6	10	2
-1	Feyenoord Rotterdam	6	6	4
-10	Celtic	6	4	4

Full Table

Statistics

MIL		CHE
14	Fouls	15
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
3	Corner Kicks	4
3	Saves	1
48.8	Possession	51.2
4	SHOTS	10
1	ON GOAL	6
0.3	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
392	Accurate Passes	425
492	Passes	510
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	8
7	Crosses	14
0.4	Cross %	0.6
49	Long Balls	54
29	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.6	Long Balls %	0.4
2	Blocked Shots	2
9	Effective Tackles	5
16	Tackles	15
0.6	Tackle %	0.3
8	Interceptions	11
13	Effective Clearances	8
13	Clearances	8

Line-Ups

Chelsea (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Kepa Arrizabalaga (GK)
6	Thiago Silva
26	Kalidou Koulibaly
33	Wesley Fofana
8	Mateo Kovacic
12	Ruben Loftus-Cheek
21	Ben Chilwell
24	Reece James
9	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
19	Mason Mount
17	Raheem Sterling

Substitutes:

Jorginho, Édouard Mendy, Hakim Ziyech, Conor Gallagher, Marc Cucurella, Trevoh Chalobah, Christian Pulisic, Marcus Bettinelli, César Azpilicueta, Denis Zakaria, Armando Broja, Kai Havertz.

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Ciprian Tatarusanu (GK)
23	Fikayo Tomori
20	Pierre Kalulu
5	Fodé Ballo-Touré
21	Sergiño Dest
90	Charles De Ketelaere
8	Sandro Tonali
4	Ismaël Bennacer
9	Olivier Giroud
17	Rafael Leão
33	Rade Krunic