UEFA Champions League Final 2021

May 29, Estadio do Dragão Porto, Portugal


HEAD-TO-HEAD
(All-time meetings)
Man City 58 
Chelsea 70
D40

2020/21 MEETINGS
Jan Chelsea 	1-3 Man City 
Apr Chelsea 	1-0 Man City
May Man City 	1-2 Chelsea

Eighth one-nation final – third involving English domestic rivals, most recently Liverpool defeating Tottenham in 2019


MAN CITY

Coach
Pep Guardiola

Club captain
Fernandinho

Champions League record
W49 D16 L24

European pedigree
Champions League semi-final: 2016
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 1970

First ever Champions League final for Premier League champions. Coach Guardiola aiming to hoist third trophy after winning two titles with Barcelona (2009, 2011)


CHELSEA

Coach
Thomas Tuchel

Club captain
César Azpilicueta

Champions League record
W88 D50 L38

European pedigree
Champions League winner: 2012 
Europa League winner: 2013, 2019 
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup: 1971, 1998

Third final, with both matches decided on penalties – losing to Man Utd (2008) and beating Bayern (2012). Successive finals for Tuchel – guided PSG to showpiece in 2020


Phil Foden
Man City attacking threat – only second to Kylian Mbappe for most touches inside opposition penalty area

Mason Mount
Chelsea’s homegrown star – scored crucial goals against Porto and Real Madrid in knock-out stage


				ROUTE TO FINAL
Group C winner with 16 points	 Group stage	Group E winner with 14 points
Porto POR	3-1 (h), 0-0 (a)		Sevilla ESP 	0-0 (h), 4-0 (a)
Marseille FRA	3-0 (a), 3-0 (h)		Krasnodar RUS 	4-0 (a), 1-1 (h)
Olympiacos GRE	3-0 (h), 1-0 (a)		Rennes FRA	3-0 (h), 2-1 (a)
				Round of 16
M’gladbach GER 	2-0 (a), 2-0 (h)		Atletico ESP	1-0 (a), 2-0 (h)
				Quarter-final
Dortmund GER 	2-1 (h), 2-1 (a)		Porto POR	2-0 (a), 0-1 (h)
				Semi-final
PSG FRA		2-1 (a), 2-0 (h)		Real Madrid ESP	1-1 (a), 2-0 (h)


TEAM STATISTICS (12 matches)
25  	Goals scored 			22 
4	Goals against 			4
7630 	Passes completed 		5771
632 	Passes into attacking third 	479
70 	Corners 			53
58%	Average possession 		52%

Shots breakdown

On target	Wide 	Blocked
Total shots 163
72 54 37

Total shots 138
57 48 33

 
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Referee
Antonio Mateu Lahoz ESP  

Ederson
Walker
Stones 
Dias
Zinchenko
Fernandinho
B. Silva 
Gundogan
Mahrez
De Bruyne
Foden

Mendy
Christensen
T. Silva
Rudiger
Kante
Jorginho
Azpilicueta 
Chilwell 
Pulisic
Werner
Mount


Source: UEFA
Pictures: Associated Press, Getty Images
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