Chelsea 3-0 Barcelona
Key numbers
- Possession 56% – 44%
- Shots 15 (6 on target) – 5 (2)
- Decisive moment: 55' Estêvão, FN xPts +0.4
Jules Koundé 27' (OG)
Estêvão 55'
Liam Delap 73'
Estêvão 55'
Liam Delap 73'
HT 1:0
Chelsea 12th → 5th · 10 pts|Barcelona 11th → 14th · 7 pts
Chelsea won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.89–0.79).
Player of the matchReece JamesDecisive moment55' Estêvão+0.4
Player of the match
Reece James Strong
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 7.9 (Strong)
Game state
Chelsea ahead 63 min · level 27 min · Barcelona ahead 0 min
- Barcelona: Red card 44' → ~46 min a player down
- Liam Delap — off the bench 31 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
27'
Jules Koundé
Own goal
−0.7
44'
Ronald Araújo
Red card
−0.3
55'
Estêvão
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Reece James +0.1
+0.4
73'
Liam Delap
Goal · assist Enzo Fernández
0.0
Chelsea
Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +0.4Opponent moments +1.2Time effect +0.2→ League points won 3
Barcelona
Expected (last two seasons) 1.6Own moments −1.0Opponent moments −0.2Time effect −0.4→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
ChelseaBarcelona
56%Possession44%
1.89Expected goals (xG)0.79
0.13xG per shot0.16
15Shots5
6Shots on target2
40%Shots on target %40%
12Shots in box3
516Passes417
88%Pass accuracy84%
4Corners0
2Saves3
18Fouls12
1Yellow cards2
6Offsides1
Compared with usual
Chelsea
18 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2.1 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 1.89 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 0.79 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 15 | 14.1 | |
| On target | 6 | 5.3 | |
| Shots faced | 5 | 9.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.13 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 56% | 59.6% | |
| Passes | 516 | 534.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 87.1% | |
| Corners | 4 | 5.9 | |
| Fouls | 18 | 11.7 |
Barcelona
17 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2.8 | low |
| Conceded | 3 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 0.79 | 2.1 | low |
| xG against | 1.89 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 5 | 19.4 | low |
| On target | 2 | 7.4 | low |
| Shots faced | 15 | 9.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.16 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 44% | 67.2% | low |
| Passes | 417 | 626.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 89% | |
| Corners | 0 | 6.2 | low |
| Fouls | 12 | 9.4 |
Timeline
- 27' Goal Jules Koundé (OG) assist Pedro Neto
- 32' Yellow Ronald Araújo
- 40' Yellow Malo Gusto
- 44' Second yellow Ronald Araújo
- 46' Sub Malo Gusto → Andrey Santos
- 46' Sub Ferran Torres → Marcus Rashford
- 55' Goal Estêvão competition goal #3 assist Reece James
- 59' Sub Alejandro Garnacho → Liam Delap
- 62' Sub Robert Lewandowski → Raphinha
- 62' Sub Fermín López → Andreas Christensen
- 73' Goal Liam Delap competition goal #1 assist Enzo Fernández
- 75' VAR Liam Delap
- 76' Sub Pedro Neto → Jamie Gittens
- 80' Sub Alejandro Balde → Gerard Martín
- 80' Sub Lamine Yamal → Dani Olmo
- 82' Sub Estêvão → Tyrique George
- 82' Sub Reece James → Josh Acheampong
Category leaders
- Key passesEstêvão3
- Duels wonLamine Yamal12/17
- DribblesLamine Yamal4/8
- Defensive actionsMarc Cucurella8
- ShotsEnzo Fernández3 (on target 1)
- Fouls wonFrenkie de Jong5
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.