Cardiff 1-3 Chelsea
Key numbers
- Possession 46% – 54%
- Shots 10 (4 on target) – 20 (7)
- Decisive moment: 82' Pedro Neto, FN xPts +1.3
David Turnbull 75'
HT 0:0
Alejandro Garnacho 57'
Pedro Neto 82'
Alejandro Garnacho 90'
Pedro Neto 82'
Alejandro Garnacho 90'
Chelsea won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.46–1.65).
Player of the matchAlejandro GarnachoDecisive moment82' Pedro Neto+1.3
Player of the match
Alejandro Garnacho Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.5 (Dominant)
Game state
Cardiff ahead 0 min · level 64 min · Chelsea ahead 26 min
- João Pedro — off the bench 45 min · 0G 1A
- Alejandro Garnacho — off the bench 45 min · 2G 0A
- Pedro Neto — off the bench 24 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.
57'
Alejandro Garnacho
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Facundo Buonanotte +0.2
+0.7
75'
David Turnbull
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Perry Ng +0.2
+0.6
82'
Pedro Neto
Goal · scorer +0.9 · assist Andrey Santos +0.4
+1.3
90'
Alejandro Garnacho
Goal · assist João Pedro
+0.1
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Cardiff is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
CardiffChelsea
46%Possession54%
0.46Expected goals (xG)1.65
0.05xG per shot0.08
10Shots20
4Shots on target7
40%Shots on target %35%
7Shots in box13
448Passes535
86%Pass accuracy85%
2Corners8
4Saves4
5Fouls9
2Yellow cards1
1Offsides2
Compared with usual
Chelsea
24 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1.9 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 1.65 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 0.46 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 20 | 13.8 | |
| On target | 7 | 5 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 10.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 54% | 58.6% | |
| Passes | 535 | 527.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 85% | 86.8% | |
| Corners | 8 | 5.2 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 12.2 |
Timeline
- 16' Yellow Isaak Davies
- 27' Yellow Calum Chambers
- 45' Yellow Moisés Caicedo
- 46' Sub Tyrique George → Alejandro Garnacho
- 46' Sub Marc Guiu → João Pedro
- 56' Sub Isaak Davies → Chris Willock
- 56' Sub Callum Robinson → Yousef Salech
- 57' Goal Alejandro Garnacho competition goal #1 assist Facundo Buonanotte
- 66' Sub Facundo Buonanotte → Malo Gusto
- 66' Sub Jamie Gittens → Pedro Neto
- 75' Goal David Turnbull assist Perry Ng
- 80' Sub Joel Colwill → Alex Robertson
- 82' Goal Pedro Neto competition goal #1 assist Andrey Santos
- 84' Sub Josh Acheampong → Trevoh Chalobah
- 90' Sub Perry Ng → William Fish
- 90' Goal Alejandro Garnacho competition goal #2 assist João Pedro
Category leaders
- Key passesMoisés Caicedo4
- Duels wonJosh Acheampong10/17
- DribblesIsaak Davies2/5
- Defensive actionsCalum Chambers7
- ShotsDavid Turnbull4 (on target 2)
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.