Chelsea overcomes Heidenheim 2-0 on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS

HEIDENHEIM AN DER BRENZ. Chelsea tops Heidenheim with a 2-0 win with a goal from C. Nkunku (51') and a goal from M. Mudryk (86').

Chelsea overcomes Heidenheim 2-0 on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS

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HEIDENHEIM AN DER BRENZ. Chelsea defeats Heidenheim with a 2-0 win with a goal from C. Nkunku (51′) and a goal from M. Mudryk (86′). Chelsea was surely better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Voith-Arena stadium in Heidenheim an der Brenz on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Serdar Gözübüyük with the assistance of Erwin Zeinstra and Johan Balder. The 4th official was Joey Kooij. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 5.33 degrees Celsius or 41.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

  • ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
  • 16 Total 17
  • 11 On Target 9
  • 3 Off Target 5
  • 2 Shots blocked 3
  • 70 Attack 120
  • 37 Dangerous attack 54
  • 106 Ball safe 157
  • 11 Free Kicks 20
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 14 Total 10
  • 2 Yellow Cards 5
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Chelsea was in firm control of the ball 67% while Heidenheim was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Chelsea was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Chelsea won the contest.​

Heidenheim shot 16 times, 11 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Chelsea shot 17 times, 9 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Heidenheim received 2 yellow cards (Renato Veiga and Haktab Omar Traore). On the opposite side, Chelsea received 4 yellow cards (Filip Jørgensen, Cesare Casadei, Jan Schöppner and Benoît Badiashile).

Match Timeline

1'
Benoît Badiashile- Yellow
34'
Mykhaylo Mudryk(VAR)
Haktab Omar Traore- Yellow
42'
45'
Cesare Casadei- Yellow
51'
C. Nkunku(goal)Jadon Sancho
Sirlord Conteh- sub ->Mathias Honsak
56'
Jan Schöppner- sub ->Niklas Dorsch
57'
62'
João Félix- sub ->Marc Guiu
Adrian Beck- sub ->Lennard Maloney
68'
Maximilian Breunig- sub ->Haktab Omar Traore
68'
76'
Carney Chukwuemeka- sub ->C. Nkunku
Benedikt Gimber- sub ->Mikkel Kaufmann
77'
82'
Filip Jørgensen- Yellow
Jan Schöppner- Yellow
85'
85'
Renato Veiga- Yellow
86'
Mykhaylo Mudryk(goal)Jadon Sancho
90'
Tyrique George- sub ->Jadon Sancho
90'
Cesare Casadei(yellowredcard)

Standings

After playing this match, Heidenheim stays with 9 points like Fiorentina, Olimpija and Lugano to hold in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Chelsea has 12 points like Legia Warszawa to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Europa Conference League, Heidenheim will play away with İstanbul Başakşehir on the 12th of December with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Chelsea will play away against Astana on the 12th of December with a 0-0 head to head.

Heidenheim – Formation

Heidenheim
G
Kevin Müller 1.Germany
8.7
D
Tim Siersleben 4.Germany
6.7
D
Patrick Mainka 6.Germany
7.0
D
Haktab Omar Traore 23.Germany
6.9
68' 42'
D
Norman Theuerkauf 30.Germany
6.8
M
Leo Scienza 8.Brazil
8.0
M
Paul Wanner 10.Austria
7.0
M
Mathias Honsak 17.Austria
6.5
56'
M
Lennard Maloney 33.Germany
7.0
68'
M
Niklas Dorsch 39.Germany
6.6
57'
F
Mikkel Kaufmann 29.Denmark
7.0
77'
Substitutes
G
Vitus Eicher 22.Germany
G
Frank Feller 40.Germany
D
Marnon Busch 2.Germany
D
Benedikt Gimber 5.Germany
6.5
77'
D
Jonas Föhrenbach 19.Germany
M
Jan Schöppner 3.Germany
6.7
57'
M
Luca Kerber 20.Germany
M
Adrian Beck 21.Germany
7.3
68'
M
Christopher Negele 25.Germany
M
Luka Janeš 36.Germany
F
Maximilian Breunig 14.Germany
6.6
68'
F
Sirlord Conteh 31.Germany
6.5
56'

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

The manager Frank Schmidt decided to play with the following team: Kevin Müller (8.7), Haktab Omar Traore (6.9), Patrick Mainka (7.0), Tim Siersleben (6.7), Norman Theuerkauf (6.8), Lennard Maloney (7.0), Leo Scienza (8.0), Paul Wanner (7.0), Niklas Dorsch (6.6), Mathias Honsak (6.5) and Mikkel Kaufmann (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Marnon Busch, Jan Schöppner (6.7), Benedikt Gimber (6.5), Maximilian Breunig (6.6), Jonas Föhrenbach, Luca Kerber, Adrian Beck (7.3), Vitus Eicher, Christopher Negele, Sirlord Conteh (6.5), Luka Janeš and Frank Feller.

Substitutions

Heidenheim made 5 changes: Niklas Dorsch for Jan Schöppner (57′), Mathias Honsak for Sirlord Conteh (56′), Lennard Maloney for Adrian Beck (68′), Haktab Omar Traore for Maximilian Breunig (68′) and Mikkel Kaufmann for Benedikt Gimber (77′).

Player of the match: Kevin Müller​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Heidenheim was the goalkeeper: Kevin Müller. His rating is 8.67. He performed 7 saves.

Chelsea – Formation

Chelsea
G
Filip Jørgensen 12.Denmark
10.0
82'
D
Axel Disasi 2.France
7.3
D
Tosin Adarabioyo 4.England
7.3
D
7.0
1'
D
Renato Veiga 40.Portugal
6.9
M
Mykhaylo Mudryk 10.Ukraine
7.8
Goals86'
M
C. Nkunku 18.France
7.8
76' Goals51'
M
Jadon Sancho 19.England
8.3
90'
M
7.9
90'
M
Cesare Casadei 31.Italy
7.1
45'
F
Marc Guiu 38.Spain
7.3
62'
Substitutes
G
Robert Sánchez 1.Spain
G
Lucas Bergström 47.Finland
D
L. Colwill 6.England
M
N. Madueke 11.England
M
Carney Chukwuemeka 17.England
6.9
76'
F
João Félix 14.Portugal
7.0
62'
F
Tyrique George 32.England
90'

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

Enzo Maresca played with: Filip Jørgensen (10.0), Axel Disasi (7.3), Tosin Adarabioyo (7.3), Benoît Badiashile (7.0), Renato Veiga (6.9), Cesare Casadei (7.1), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.9), Jadon Sancho (8.3), C. Nkunku (7.8), Mykhaylo Mudryk (7.8) and Marc Guiu (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Robert Sánchez, L. Colwill, N. Madueke, João Félix (7.0), Carney Chukwuemeka (6.9), Tyrique George, Kiano Dyer, Lucas Bergström, Sam Rak-Sakyi, Shumaira Mheuka and Shim Mheuka.

Chelsea could not rely on the presence of Carney Chukwuemeka (injured).

Substitutions

Chelsea made 3 changes: Marc Guiu for João Félix (62′), C. Nkunku for Carney Chukwuemeka (76′) and Jadon Sancho for Tyrique George (90′).

Player of the match: Jadon Sancho​

The most impressive player for Chelsea was Jadon Sancho even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.3 with 48 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Europa Conference League.​