English Carabao Cup

Chelsea vs Blackburn 2023-24 English Carabao Cup, Fourth Round

Chelsea
  • 30': Benoît Badiashile
  • 59': Raheem Sterling
FT
2 - 0
Blackburn Rovers

    Chelsea cruise past Blackburn in Carabao Cup

    Benoit Badiashile scored on his return from injury to help Chelsea cruise into the quarterfinals of the Carabao Cup with a 2-0 win over Blackburn Rovers at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.

    Match Commentary

    • 23': Harry Pickering (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 30': Goal! Chelsea 1, Blackburn Rovers 0. Benoît Badiashile (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Chelsea 1, Blackburn Rovers 0.
    • 59': Goal! Chelsea 2, Blackburn Rovers 0. Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cole Palmer.
    • 61': Substitution, Chelsea. Malo Gusto replaces Reece James.
    • 61': Substitution, Chelsea. Levi Colwill replaces Benoît Badiashile.
    • 61': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Scott Wharton replaces Hayden Carter because of an injury.
    • 62': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Tyrhys Dolan replaces Dilan Markanday.
    • 74': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Arnór Sigurdsson replaces Andrew Moran.
    • 74': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Niall Ennis replaces Harry Leonard.
    • 76': Substitution, Chelsea. Moisés Caicedo replaces Nicolas Jackson.
    • 81': Jake Garrett (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 87': Substitution, Chelsea. Noni Madueke replaces Cole Palmer.
    • 87': Substitution, Chelsea. Alex Matos replaces Enzo Fernández.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Chelsea 2, Blackburn Rovers 0.

    Game Information

    Competition: English Carabao Cup

    Venue: Stamford Bridge
    Location: London, England
    Attendance: 39,548

    Statistics

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    13 Fouls 9
    2 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    4 Corner Kicks 11
    5 Saves 1
    36.3 Possession 63.7
    7 SHOTS 22
    1 ON GOAL 7
    0.1 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    343 Accurate Passes 666
    407 Passes 723
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 5
    11 Crosses 16
    0.3 Cross % 0.3
    44 Long Balls 34
    24 Accurate Long Balls 19
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
    1 Blocked Shots 7
    12 Effective Tackles 14
    27 Tackles 24
    0.4 Tackle % 0.6
    10 Interceptions 5
    22 Effective Clearances 13
    22 Clearances 13

    Line-Ups

    CHE Chelsea (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Robert Sánchez (GK)
    5 Benoît Badiashile
    2 Axel Disasi
    3 Marc Cucurella
    24 Reece James
    23 Conor Gallagher
    8 Enzo Fernández
    16 Lesley Ugochukwu
    15 Nicolas Jackson
    7 Raheem Sterling
    20 Cole Palmer
    Substitutes:
    Moisés Caicedo, Leo Castledine, Malo Gusto, Levi Colwill, Djordje Petrovic, Deivid Washington, Alex Matos, Noni Madueke, Ian Maatsen.

    BLK Blackburn Rovers (4-1-3-2)

    No. Name
    12 Leopold Wahlstedt (GK)
    17 Hayden Carter
    4 James Hill
    23 Adam Wharton
    3 Harry Pickering Yellow Card
    2 Callum Brittain
    27 Lewis Travis
    24 Andy Moran
    18 Dilan Kumar Markanday
    30 Jake Garrett Yellow Card
    20 Harry Leonard
    Substitutes:
    Scott Wharton, Tyrhys Dolan, Arnór Sigurdsson, Niall Ennis, Jake Batty, Patrick Gamble, Sondre Tronstad, Joe Hilton, Joe Rankin-Costello.

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