Chelsea out to connect opposite Roma
Chelsea FC and AS Roma both won 2-1 divided on matchday two, and will be looking to concrete their standing in Group C as they accommodate during Stamford Bridge.
• The compare pits Chelsea’s Italian manager Antonio Conte opposite aged rivals Roma; a Serie A outfit have taken 4 points from their dual games so far, dual points fewer than their London opponents.
Previous meetings
• Home sides hold a top palm in a teams’ usually prior fixtures, in a 2008/09 organisation stage. Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Chelsea won a initial diversion 1-0 in London, John Terry removing a usually idea in a 77th minute.
• The teams during Stamford Bridge on 22 Oct 2008 were:
Chelsea: ÄŒech, Bosingwa, Carvalho, Terry, Bridge, Mikel, Deco, Malouda (Belletti 46), Lampard, Kalou (Di Santo 77), Anelka (Paulo Ferreira 90+3).
Roma: Doni, Cicinho, Panucci, Mexès, Riise (Tonetto 82), Aquilani (Perrotta 61), Taddei (Ménez 81), De Rossi, Brighi, Totti, VuÄinić.
• The Italian side, afterwards coached by Luciano Spalletti, incited a tables on 4 November, a idea from Christian Panucci (34) and a Mirko VuÄinić double (48, 58) securing a 3-1 home victory during a Stadio Olimpico notwithstanding Terry’s 75th-minute reply.
Match background
Chelsea
• This is Chelsea’s initial assembly with Italian opponents given a 2012/13 organisation stage, when they collected one indicate from dual games opposite Juvents; Roberto Di Matteo’s side were held 2-2 during home before a 3-0 retreat in Turin helped sign their early exit.
• Chelsea’s home record opposite Italian clubs is W5 D2 L2.
• Conte’s side are a early leaders in Group C carrying beaten debutants QarabaÄŸ FK 6-0 on matchday one before Michy Batshuayi cumulative a 2-1 feat during Club Atlético de Madrid with a final flog of a game.
• Champions of England for a sixth time in 2016/17, Chelsea were not concerned in European foe final tenure for a initial time given 1996/97. They had seemed in each UEFA Champions League organisation theatre going behind to 2003/04.
• European champions in 2012, Chelsea got to a turn of 16 on their final UEFA Champions League coming in 2015/16, losing to Paris Saint-Germain during that theatre for a second year running.
• The Stamford Bridge side mislaid 2-1 during home to Paris in a 2016 turn of 16, their solitary better in their final 9 matches in west London (W6 D2).
• The Londoners have won their UEFA Champions League organisation on their final 3 appearances, and 11 times overall. The usually time they have unsuccessful to swell to a final 16 was 2012/13, when they became a initial holders to go out in a organisation phase; they went on to win a UEFA Europa League.
Roma
• Roma have 4 points from their dual Group C games, opening with a goalless pull during home to Atlético before a 2-1 feat during Qarabağ.
• That QarabaÄŸ success was Roma’s initial win in 8 UEFA Champions League matches, home and divided and including qualifying, given a 3-2 home feat over Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 4 Nov 2015. They have now won dual of their final 17 games in a competition.
• The Italian side were separated by FC Porto in final season’s play-offs (1-1 away, 0-3 home). They got as distant as a UEFA Europa League turn of 16, where they were defeated 5-4 over dual legs by Olympique Lyonnais.
• Roma won dual of their 5 divided fixtures in final season’s UEFA Europa League but, in a UEFA Champions League, were but a feat in 10 divided matches, including subordinate (D5 L5), before matchday two. A 3-2 delight during FC Basel 1893 in a 2009/10 organisation theatre is their usually other feat in their final 13 divided games in a competition, organisation theatre to final (D4 L7).
• Roma have won usually one of their 15 divided games in England, losing nine. Their final outing was a 1-1 pull during Manchester City FC in a 2014/15 organisation stage, in that Francesco Totti became a oldest goalscorer in a UEFA Champions League.
• The Giallorossi’s solitary feat in England was a 1-0 during Liverpool FC in a 2000/01 UEFA Cup fourth turn second leg; even afterwards they bent out on total carrying mislaid 2-0 during home.
• Second in Serie A in 2016/17, Roma are in a organisation theatre for a tenth time and a third in 4 years.
Coach and actor links
• Conte played in Serie A for US Lecce (1985–91) and Juventus (1991–2004). He also coached Atalanta BC (2009/10) and Juventus (2011–14) in Serie A before holding assign of Italy between 2014 and fasten Chelsea in 2016. Conte coached Roma players Daniele De Rossi, Alessandro Florenzi and Stephan El Shaarawy with a Azzurri.
• Antonio Rüdiger assimilated Chelsea in a summer after personification 56 Serie A games in dual seasons with Roma.
• Davide Zappacosta was innate in Sora, around 115km from Rome. He played in Serie A with Atalanta (2014/15) and Torino FC (2015–17), fasten Chelsea in a summer.
• Ãlvaro Morata scored 15 joining goals during Juventus from 2014-16, winning a Scudetto in both campaigns. He was sent off in a 3-2 win opposite Roma in 2014; his record opposite a Giallorossi was W2 D1 L1.
• Morata scored in Spain’s 3-0 better of Daniele De Rossi’s Italy in a FIFA World Cup qualifier on 2 September.
• De Rossi missed and Cesc Fà bregas converted a wilful mark flog as Spain degraded Italy on penalties in a UEFA EURO 2008 quarter-finals. Fà bregas also seemed in Spain’s UEFA EURO 2012 final win opposite De Rossi’s Italy, who eliminated Spain in a turn of 16 during UEFA EURO 2016.
• Have played together:
Tiémoué Bakayoko Stephan El Shaarawy (AS Monaco FC, 2015/16)
Willy Caballero Edin Džeko, Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City, 2014/15)
Kenedy Gerson (Fluminense FC, 2015)
• International team-mates:
Eden Hazard, Thibaut Courtois, Michy Batshuayi Radja Nainggolan (Belgium)
N’Golo Kanté, Tiémoué Bakayoko Maxime Gonalons (France)
• Also played in Italy:
Marcos Alonso (ACF Fiorentina, 2013–16)
Eduardo (Genoa CFC 2010/11)
• Have played in England:
Edin Džeko (Manchester City FC, 2011–15)
Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City, 2010–17)
Federico Fazio (Tottenham Hotspur FC, 2014–16)