QarabaÄŸ on a adult for Chelsea contest
QarabaÄŸ FK will be buoyed by collecting their initial UEFA Champions League points as they acquire a Chelsea FC organisation looking to get fast behind on lane in Group C.
• Matchday one was QarabaÄŸ’s group-stage entrance and it valid a oppressive introduction as Antonio Conte’s Chelsea ran in 6 goals though reply during Stamford Bridge. However, home and divided draws with Club Atlético de Madrid afterwards non-stop a Azerbaijani champions’ points account, and they will now be aiming to stay in row for a place in a UEFA Europa League during a really least.
• Qarabağ are fourth in Group C on dual points, one behind Atlético. They contingency win to stay in row for a top-two finish, though will be reliable in fourth if they remove and Atlético win.
• Chelsea have 7 points, one fewer than leaders AS Roma who flog them final time out. The English champions are by with a victory, or a pull if Atlético do not win during home to a Italian side.
Match background
QarabaÄŸ
• This is QarabaÄŸ’s second home diversion opposite a Premier League club, and fourth compare with English opponents overall. They lost 1-0 during home to Tottenham Hotspur FC in a UEFA Europa League organisation theatre on 26 Nov 2015, carrying also gone down 3-1 away.
• Qarabağ mislaid their initial home tie in a territory 2-1 to Roma before removing their initial points around a 0-0 pull with Atlético in Baku on matchday three.
• The Azerbaijani side reached a organisation theatre for a initial time by violence Georgian champions FC Samtredia in a second subordinate turn (5-0 home, 1-0 away), followed by Moldova’s FC Sheriff (0-0 home, 2-1 away). In a play-offs they won 1-0 during home to FC København and advanced on divided goals after a 2-1 better in Denmark.
• This is QarabaÄŸ’s fourth UEFA Champions League campaign; in any of a prior 3 they were separated in a third subordinate round. Last year they suspended F91 Dudelange 3-1 on total in a second subordinate round, though mislaid to FC Viktoria Plzeň (0-0 away, 1-1 home) in a subsequent stage.
• In 2016/17, a Baku-based organisation contested a UEFA Europa League organisation stage – for a third uninterrupted year – after being knocked out of a UEFA Champions League. They have never left on to a turn of 32, however.
• Qarabağ competent for a UEFA Champions League after winning a Azerbaijani Premier League for a fifth time in 2016/17 – their fourth true championship.
Chelsea
• Matchday one was Chelsea’s initial diversion opposite opponents from Azerbaijan.
• The Londoners have collected a win and a better on their travels this season. Michy Batshuayi cumulative a 2-1 feat during Atlético with a final flog of that matchday dual foe before a 3-0 retreat during Roma that authorised a Italian side to pass their opponents.
• The feat during Atlético means Chelsea have won 4 of their final 10 European divided fixtures (D3 L3).
• 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 incursion in 2015/16, losing to Paris Saint-Germain during that theatre for a second year running.
• Chelsea 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.
Coach and actor links
• Anton Kanibolotskiy and Willian were team-mates during FC Shakhtar Donetsk in 2012/13.
• MÃchel was a 72nd-minute surrogate in Birmingham City FC’s 3-0 Premier League better during Chelsea on 27 Jan 2010.
• Antonio Conte guided Italy to dual wins opposite Azerbaijan in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying: 2-1 during home and 3-1 away, a latter outcome clinching a Azzurri’s place in a finals.
• Gara Garayev, Badavi Hüseynov, Rashad F Sadygov and Rahid Amirguliyev played in a initial diversion in Palermo, with Elvin Yunuszadä and Agabala Ramazanov new replacements; Hüseynov was sent off in a Baku return, with Garayev, Sadygov, Amirguliyev, Maksim Medvedev, Arif Dashdemirov and Afran Ismayilov also in a starting line-up.