DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund beats Chelsea 1-0 after K. Adeyemi  scored just 1 goal (63′).

The match was played at the Signal-Iduna-Park stadium in Dortmund on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 81,365 spectators.​ The referee was Jesús Gil Manzano with the support of Diego Barbero Sevilla and Ángel Nevado Rodríguez. The 4th official was Guillermo Cuadra Fernández. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 7.3 degrees Celsius or 45.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Borussia Dortmund was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Chelsea that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Chelsea was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 8 were on target. Notwithstanding, Borussia Dortmund was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Borussia Dortmund shot 15 times, 2 on target, 12 off target. Talking about the opposition, Chelsea shot 22 times, 8 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Borussia Dortmund received 6 yellow cards (Jude Bellingham, Emre Can, Karim Adeyemi , Salih Özcan, Niklas Süle and Julian Ryerson). On the opposite side, Chelsea received 4 yellow cards (Reece James , Thiago Silva, Hakim Ziyech and Mason Mount).

Standings

After this match, Borussia Dortmund will have 9 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Chelsea will stay with 13 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Champions League, Borussia Dortmund will play away with Chelsea on the 7th of March with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Borussia Dortmund (0 draws).

Chelsea will host Borussia Dortmund on the 7th of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Borussia Dortmund (0 draws).

Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea will play the return match on the at the Stamford Bridge

Borussia Dortmund – Formation

Borussia Dortmund started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Edin Terzic decided to play with the following team: Gregor Kobel (8.4), Marius Wolf (6.8), Niklas Süle (7.1), Nico Schlotterbeck (7.1), Raphaël Guerreiro (7.3), Emre Can (7.5), Julian Brandt (6.9), Jude Bellingham (7.2), Salih Özcan (6.5), Karim Adeyemi (7.6) and Sébastien Haller (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (6.4), Tom Rothe, Thomas Meunier, Julian Ryerson (6.6), Anthony Modeste (6.3), Soumaula Coulibaly, Mahmoud Dahoud, Donyell Malen, Mats Hummels, Giovanni Reyna, Alexander Meyer and Marco Reus.

Substitutions

Borussia Dortmund made 3 changes: Sébastien Haller  for Anthony Modeste (68′), Marius Wolf for Julian Ryerson (73′) and Karim Adeyemi  for Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (79′).

Best player: Gregor Kobel​

The player that probably impressed the most for Borussia Dortmund was the goalkeeper: Gregor Kobel. His rating is 8.41. He performed 6 saves.

Chelsea – Formation

Chelsea started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Graham Potter played with: Kepa Arrizabalaga (6.2), Reece James (6.7), Thiago Silva (7.0), Kalidou Koulibaly (7.1), Ben Chilwell (6.8), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (6.8), Enzo Fernández (6.9), Hakim Ziyech (7.0), João Félix (6.9), Mykhaylo Mudryk (6.7) and Kai Havertz (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: Lucas Bergström, Lewis Hall, Mateo Kovačić, Wesley Fofana, Mason Mount (6.7), Trevoh Chalobah, Denis Lemi Zakaria Lako Lado, Conor Gallagher, Marc Cucurella (6.7), Carney Chukwuemeka, César Azpilicueta Tanco and Marcus Bettinelli.

Substitutions

Chelsea made 2 changes: B. Chilwell for Cucurella (71′) and Mykhaylo Mudryk for Mason Mount (71′).

Best player: Kai Havertz​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Chelsea was Kai Havertz.

His rating is (7.7) with 30 passes (86% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Champions League.​

• Borussia Dortmund – Chelsea – 1-0
• Club Brugge – Benfica – 0-2