Chelsea home game shootout run the best stats

  • Chelsea have won each of their last four penalty shootouts at Stamford Bridge, with this their first in European competition at home.
  • This is the first time that all four places in the Champions League/European Cup and Europa League/UEFA Cup finals will be filled by one country.
  • Chelsea have reached their first major European final since the 2013 Europa League, when they beat Benfica 2-1 under manager Rafael Benitez.
  • Chelsea have never lost a home game against German opponents in all competitions (W7 D3).
  • Eintracht Frankfurt have only lost one of their last nine away Europa League games (W5 D3).
  • The German side have scored in all seven of their games on the road in the competition this season.
  • Luka Jovic has scored 10 goals in the Europa League this season; no player has netted more (level with Olivier Giroud).
  • Chelsea forward Eden Hazard has had a hand in 24 goals in 26 appearances at Stamford Bridge in 2018-19 (13 goals, 11 assists).
  • Ruben Loftus-Cheek has been directly involved in nine goals in his last 14 appearances for Chelsea (4 goals, 5 assists); as many as in his previous 45 games for the Blues

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