Match Report
14 points for Chelsea (1st), 5 for Krasnodar (3rd): a 9-point gap. On recent form Krasnodar sat only 22nd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Per game in the league, Chelsea were scoring 2.33 and conceding 0.33, Krasnodar 1 and 1.83, against a competition average of 1.51 goals per team per game.
Chelsea's unbeaten run stood at 15. The last-five ledger: Chelsea 13/15, Krasnodar 6/15.
The venue was Stamford Bridge in London, with room for 40,173 spectators. P. Kralovec took charge of the match — our records show 53 games refereed with an average of 0.9 yellow cards per game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.