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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
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
68'
42'
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 , Haktab Omar Traore , Patrick Mainka , Tim Siersleben , Norman Theuerkauf , Lennard Maloney , Leo Scienza , Paul Wanner , Niklas Dorsch , Mathias Honsak and Mikkel Kaufmann .
The home team had on the bench: Marnon Busch, Jan Schöppner , Benedikt Gimber , Maximilian Breunig , Jonas Föhrenbach, Luca Kerber, Adrian Beck , Vitus Eicher, Christopher Negele, Sirlord Conteh , 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
86'
Chelsea started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Enzo Maresca played with: Filip Jørgensen , Axel Disasi , Tosin Adarabioyo , Benoît Badiashile , Renato Veiga , Cesare Casadei , Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall , Jadon Sancho , C. Nkunku , Mykhaylo Mudryk and Marc Guiu .
These were the players on the bench: Robert Sánchez, L. Colwill, N. Madueke, João Félix , Carney Chukwuemeka , 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 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.
- Astana – Vitória SC – 1-1
- Heidenheim – Chelsea – 0-2
- Cercle Brugge – Hearts – 2-0
- Dinamo Minsk – FC Copenhagen – 1-2
- Noah – Víkingur Reykjavík – 0-0
- St. Gallen – Bačka Topola – 2-2
- Borac Banja Luka – LASK Linz – 2-1
- Molde – APOEL – 0-1
- Celje – Jagiellonia Białystok – 3-3
- Panathinaikos – HJK – 1-0
- The New Saints – Djurgården – 0-1
- Fiorentina – Paphos – 3-2
- Lugano – Gent – 2-0
- Mladá Boleslav – Real Betis – 2-1
- Olimpija – Larne – 1-0
- Omonia Nicosia – Legia Warszawa – 0-3
- SK Rapid – Shamrock Rovers – 1-1
