Chelsea 4-1 Vitesse · World Sport

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Júnior's treble sends Chelsea cruising past Vitesse

A first-half hat-trick from the Brazilian right winger settled a lopsided contest at the Drogba Arena, sending the Blues third in the league phase.

Results26 Jan 2064

Musselwhite's homecoming can't hide the gulf

The old boy returns to the Drogba Arena with Vitesse on 22 January, but Chelsea's record against the Dutch side and this season's table tell a brutal story.

Coming up9 Jan 2064

Line-ups

Chelsea4-3-3 DM Wide

10.0 7 Júnior ⚽⚽⚽ ↓62'

8.3 10 Laing ⚽

6.5 11 Valera ↓45'

33Roberto Baggio ↑62' 6.6
9Ken Myers ↑45' 6.7
26Pablo Ferrer ↑45' 6.6
24José Calderón ↑62' 6.7
3Adrian Toth ↑45' 6.8
Unused: Elias Jimenez, Urtzi San Martín, Marcelo Formicola, Rubén Medina, Maurício, Francisco Pardal, Lionel Messi

Vitesse5-2-3 DM Wide

7.7 16 Mochizuki 21 6.7 Horváth 5 7.1 Chris 18 6.6 Hering ↓79' 37 6.1 Elshot ↓45' 7 7.1 de Wilde ⚽ 6 6.3 Guennouni 17 6.0 Andreasen 🟨 14 6.9 Pešić

6.3 15 Musselwhite

6.2 8 Martey

3Amir Cohen ↑79' 6.7
19Sean Schmid ↑45' 6.3
Unused: Yassine Haoudi, Daniel, Bas van Duijn, Reyer Worm, Massimo Straalman, Víctor Manuel, Denilho Tump, Mourad Eddarraj, Oussama Sakhi, Johannes Grootfaam

Match stats

44%Possession56%

3.26Expected goals (xG)0.41

23Shots4

16Shots on target2

4Long shots1

1Clear-cut chances0

10Half chances0

2Saves13

435Passes completed546

32Crosses12

17Tackles won20

18Interceptions19

12Fouls14

0Yellow cards1

0Red cards0