Uefa Champions League is back as Chelsea FC takes on Schalke 04 in our first group-stage match of the campaign. Chelsea FC begin their journey for a second Uefa Champions League crown with the visit of FC Schalke 04, who they beat 3 – 0 home and away in last season’s group stage. José Mourinho lifted the UCL with Porto (2004) and Inter (2010) and he’s waiting to become the first Head-Coach to win the European Cup with 3 different teams.
Previous Meetings:
• Chelsea met FC Schalke 04 in 2007/08 group stage. Chelsea won 2 – 0 at the Bridge, second goal scored by Chelsea Legend Didier Drogba but the game in Germany ended 0 – 0.
• They also met in last year’s group stage. Chelsea won 3 – 0 home and away.
Match Facts:
• The last win on November 6 extended home record against German visitors to seven games without defeat (six wins, one draw). Chelsea has never lost at home to a Bundesliga team.
• For the first time in 46 years, Schalke have failed to win any of their first four competitive games of a new season.
• Last year’s Stamford Bridge game was Schalke’s only defeat in their last eight away UEFA Champions League group fixtures; they have won four and drawn three of the others. They recorded a win and a draw in their other group away games 12 months ago.
• It was Chelsea’s first loss in 30 home group stage matches since Beşiktaş JK’s 2-0 victory on 1 October 2003.
Chelsea Fc record against Bundesliga opponent:
Won – 9
Drew – 4
Lost – 4
Injury News:
Standing:
Date:
September 17, 2014.
Time: 20:45 GMT.
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diego must play
He needs some rest. And BTW we are playing Manchester city this weekend.
He needs some rest. And BTW we are playing Manchester city this weekend.
After the frustrated match, we learnt several things: 1 . Is Courtois really better than Cech? Courtois has lose at least one goal each match so far this season. 2. Our CB are quite slow especially Terry, Terry is great and we salute to him for his years of contribution but he is old. We need to give chance to Zouma. If he is not ready, we need to buy Varane in Jan. 3. Why Mou use Drogba to start? We need Drogba to play last 20 minutes will be the best to the team. Costa need a rest of course. Why not play Remy to start? Remy is young, fast and good at finishing a goal.