CHELSEA MALMO

Round of 32 - Second Leg

21 February 2019

Kick Off: 21:00 BST / 15:00 EST / 12:00 PST

Venue: Stamford Bridge

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Match Facts

• Chelsea have won each of their last six Europa League home games, scoring at least three goals in five of those games (17 in total - 2.8 per game on average).
• Swedish sides have won just once in their last seven European encounters away to English teams - winning their most recent such game (Ostersunds' 2-1 win against Arsenal in last season's Europa League).
• Willian has created 22 goal scoring chances for Chelsea in the 2018-19 Europa League, scoring two and assisting three goals; no other Chelsea player has both scored and assisted more than once.
• Chelsea have had more shots (147) and completed over 400 more passes (4,642) than any other team in the Europa League this season.
• Of the remaining 32 teams in the 2018-19 UEFA Europa League, Malmo have had the oldest starting XI on average in this season's tournament (29y 353d).

Team News

• Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has a hamstring injury and will be absent from the Europa League last-32 second-leg tie against Malmo.

• Arrizabalaga, who could also miss Sunday's Carabao Cup final against Manchester City, will be replaced by Willy Caballero or Rob Green.

• There are doubts over forward Pedro, who has a stomach ache and full-back Davide Zappacosta, who has a fever.

Current Aggregate Score: Chelsea 2-1 Malmo