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Commentary
0¹A accurate pass fell to BENZEMA and his looping shot went narrowly over.
2¹A mix up in the Benfica defence enabled BENZEMA to hammer the ball over the bar.
4¹GOAL!! A debatable penalty was awarded to Chelsea, after WEIGL had fouled FERNÁNDEZ which BENZEMA easily converted. (1-0 Chelsea)
7¹A great effort from PULISIC scraped the top of the crossbar.
11¹An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of HELTON LEITE by GRIEZMANN.
12¹A header by BENZEMA at the far post was easily collected by HELTON LEITE.
20¹The 'keeper saved a curling effort from NUNO TAVARES.
26¹GOAL!! After GRIEZMANN was tripped the ref waved play-on and RÜDIGER went on to easily score. (2-0 Chelsea)
27¹OBLAK saved a clever strike from CÁDIZ.
29¹A wonderful save prevented CÁDIZ from scoring a lovely goal.
31¹RÜDIGER beat a number of Benfica players and fired a golden opportunity just beyond the near post.
35¹MARC CUCURELLA turned NUNO TAVARES but drove the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
42¹NUNO TAVARES nodded the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
2²MARC CUCURELLA dribbled round MORATO and poked a weak shot well wide.
11²GRIEZMANN charged through the Benfica defence but shot straight at HELTON LEITE.
16²The Chelsea 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from JOÃO VICTOR.
18²GOAL!! A tackle from WILLOCK gave Chelsea a free-kick just outside the area which GRIEZMANN drove past the 'keeper. (3-0 Chelsea)
25²A fine ball from NUNO TAVARES on the left was collected by CÁDIZ who scuffed his shot wide.
27²PULISIC knocked the ball to RODRYGO who headed it wide.
30²The hapless Chelsea 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from RÜDIGER dropped just wide.
35²CÁDIZ headed wide.
38²GOAL!! A delightful dummy from PULISIC allowed BENZEMA to lay a perfect ball off to MARC CUCURELLA who glanced the ball into the back of the net. (4-0 Chelsea)

 
Chelsea
 
League position: 9
Home league form: LWOL
Overall league form: LWWLOLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Jan OBLAK8 16½HELTON Brant LEITE
Joshua KIMMICH7½26½GEDSON Carvalho FERNANDES
MARC CUCURELLA Saseta8½36½Lucas HERNÁNDEZ
Enzo FERNÁNDEZ7½47 Julian WEIGL
Antonio RÜDIGER5 57 Jan VERTONGHEN(c)
Benjamin PAVARD6 66½MORATO
Federico VALVERDE6½77½Joe WILLOCK
Christian PULISIC7½86 NUNO Albertino TAVARES
(p)Karim BENZEMA7 96½Jhonder CÁDIZ(p)
(f)RODRYGO Silva6 106 CHIQUINHO(f)
Antoine GRIEZMANN7 116 Haris SEFEROVIC
Manager
Timo WERNER  12  JOÃO Diogo FERREIRA
Marc-André TER STEGEN  13  JOÃO Pedro CANCELO
PEDRO António GONÇALVES6 146½JOÃO VICTOR da Silva
Andreas CHRISTENSEN  15  Luca WALDSCHMIDT
Mason MOUNT  167½LUCAS Verissimo
 
Benfica
 
League position: -
Away league form: ----
Overall league form: --------
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Chelsea 4 Benfica 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 41,654, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Zbigniew Przesmycki 6, TV: highlights)

Benzema 4¹ (pen), Rüdiger 26¹, Griezmann 18², Marc Cucurella 38²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
RüdigeróPedro Gonçalves 39²HernándezóJoão Victor 15², WeiglóLucas 20²
  
  
51
1620
03
95
89
1714
54
51%49%
Man of the match: Marc Cucurella Saseta