Manchester City will perform for the first time in the final of the Champions League. Chelsea won it in 2012.

Champions League final: Manchester City – Chelsea. History of meetings and statistics

Manchester City will perform for the first time in the final of the Champions League. Chelsea won it in 2012.

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Manchester City will perform for the first time in the final of the UEFA Champions League. Chelsea already played in it twice and won the main European competition in 2012.

• This is the first meeting of City and Chelsea in European competitions for 50 years. Both suffered in the Champions League in confrontations with other English clubs. City was inferior to Liverpool and Tottenham in the playoffs in 2018 and 2019. Chelsea in its first final was defeated by Manchester United in a penalty series.

• For the third time in the final of the Champions League, two English clubs will play. In 2008, in Moscow, Chelsea lost to Manchester United on a penalty, and two years ago Liverpool beat Tottenham in Madrid.

• Representatives of one association met in the final of the Champions League seven times. In addition to the mentioned English derby, in 2000, Real Madrid defeated Valencia, and in 2014 and 2016 – Atletico. Milan in 2003 beat the Juventus penalty. In 2013, Bavaria defeated the Dortmund Borussia.

• City – the ninth English club in the Champions Cup final. This is the best result among all associations. From Italy and Germany in the finals there were six clubs.

• The final will be held at the Dragau stadium in the port, where City painted a zero draw from Porto at the group stage. This is the only match in the current campaign in which the Josep Guardiola team did not win. Chelsea won in this arena only once in four fights.

• City and Chelsea missed only four goals. This is the best indicator for finalists since Barcelona (four missed goals) has met with Arsenal (two) in the 2006 finals. Both finalists did not miss more than one goal in the matches of the Champions League-2020/21.

Facts about the finale
Manchester city
• City – 42nd finalist in the history of the European Champions Cup. This list is replenished with the new team for the third season in a row, after Tottenham entered the final in 2019, and in the past – PSG. If you take only the Champions League, then the Citizens is the 21st finalist of the tournament.

• City can become the 23rd owner of the European Champions Cup. The previous time the list of winners was updated in 2012, when the Champions League won Chelsea.

• This is the second European cup final for City. Citizens defeated the Polish Gurnik 2: 1 in the final of the Cup Cup-1969/70 at the Prater stadium in Vienna.

• Josep Guardiola can become the sixth coach who won the Champions Cup with two clubs. He led Barcelona to victory in the Champions League in 2009 and 2011. This was previously done by Ernst Khappel (Feyenoord 1970; Hamburg 1983), Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia d 1997; Bavaria 2001), Jose Mourinho (Porto 2004; Inter 2010), JUPP Haininzes ( Real Madrid 1998; Bavaria 2013) and Carlo Ancheelotti ( Milan 2003, 2007; Real Madrid 2014).

• As part of Man City, only Ilkai Gundogan played in the final of the Champions League. He scored from the penalty the only goal for Dortmund, when Borussia lost to Bavaria 1: 2 in the final of 2013. Gundogan can become the fourth who scored in the Champions Cup final for different clubs. Previously, this was done by Valibor Vazovich (Partisan 1966; Ajax 1969), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United 2008; Real Madrid 2014, 2017) and Mario Mandzhukich (Bavaria 2013; Juventus 2017).

Chelsea
• This is the third final of the Champions League for Chelsea. Both previous ones ended with a penalty series (B1 P1):
2008: 1: 1 against Manchester United, Pen. 5: 6, Moscow
2012: 1: 1 against Bavaria, Pen. 4: 3, Munich

• Thomas Tukhel brought PSG to the final of the last draw, but the Parisians minimally lost Bavaria in Lisbon. This is the first coach to bring different clubs to the Champions Cup final in two seasons in a row.

• Tiago Silva was the captain of PSG in the lost finale of last season. This is the only Chelsea player who went on the field in the decisive match of the Champions League.

• Mateo Kovacich spent on the bench of the spare both the victorious finals of Real Madrid in 2017 and 2018. He also spent eight matches in the triumphant season of 2015/16, but did not fall into the application for the final.

• Chelsea won the Cup Cup finals in 1971 (2: 1 with Real Madrid, replay) and 1998 (1: 0 with Stuttgart), as well as the European League in 2013 (2: 1: 1: 1: 1: 1: 1: 1: 1: 1: 1: 1: 1: 1 With Benfica) and 2019 (4: 1 with Arsenal). The London club won the UEFA Super Cup in 1998, but lost the matches for this trophy in 2012, 2013 and 2019. In the latter case, in Istanbul, the blue yielded to another English club Liverpool by the penalty after a draw 2: 2.

Previous meetings
• The teams met in Europe only once – in the semifinals of the Cup Cup -1970/71. The Londoners minimally won both matches against the actor acting at that time. In the Stamford Bridge in the 46th minute, Derek Shmmerst distinguished himself. In Manchester, the goalkeeper Ron Hili dropped the ball into his own goal after the whale of Weller from the penalty area in the 43rd minute. Subsequently, Chelsea changed the “City” as the winner of the tournament, defeating Real Madrid in replaying the final.

• The match in the port will be the fourth between these teams this season. Chelsea won two of the three previous meetings. Including with a score of 2: 1 at the City Off Manchester stadium on May 8 – at the end of the week, at which the teams reached the Champions League final. In that match, the Guardiola team could prematurely issue the championship, but missed the advantage in the second half. In the end of the first half, Rahim Sterling opened the score, and Sergio Aguero did not score the penalty to the panenca. After the break, the Londoners performed a Cambet thanks to the goals of Khakim Zeisha and Markos Alonso.

• The Tukhel team also beat the City in the semifinals of the England Cup on Wembley on April 17. Zeesh scored the only goal in the tenth minute of the second half.

• In the first match of the teams this season, which took place on January 3 at Stamford Bridge, wards of Guardiola won 3: 1 thanks to Gundogan goals (18), Fila Foden (21) and Kevina de Brain (34).In the 90th minute, Kallum Hudson-Odoi scored the Ball of the prestige of Chelsea, which was then trained by Frank Lampard.

• In the inner arena, Chelsea and Manchester City met 166 times. The advantage for Chelsea is 68 victories against 58 at City at 40 draws. The Londoners won three of the last four matches between these teams.

• Clubs met in the final of the Cup of the English League-2018/19 on Wembley. After a zero draw in the playing time, City defeated 4: 3 penalties. Gundogan, Aguero, Bernard Silva and Sterling realized all their blows. Cesar Aspilicaeta, Emerson and Eden Azar scored as part of Chelsea. Kepa reflected the attempt by Leroy Sanya, but Ederson retorted to the blow of Georgino, and David Luis fell into the bar.

• Opponents met in another cup final – in the first Cup of full members in the 1985/86 season. It was a tournament for clubs of two higher English divisions. Chelsea won Wembley with a score of 5: 4.

Facts about teams
Manchester city
• In addition to the confrontation with Chelsea in 1971, City twice intersected with English clubs in UEFA tournaments. Both times – in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. In the 2017/18 season, the townspeople lost to Liverpool 0: 3 on the road and 1: 2 houses; Their only goal was scored by Gabriel Zhezus. The next season, City lost to Tottenham on the road, after which he won at home 4: 3 thanks to the oak sterling and the goals of Bernard Silva and Aguero, but left the goal on the exit.

• Home victory 4: 3 over the spurs is the only one in six European cup matches against English clubs (P5) for City.

• In this Champions League, City scored three goals in the first three victorious matches of Group S. The Mankunians defeated Porto (3: 1), Olympic (3: 0) and Olympiacos (3: 0), after What was minimally won in Greece and guaranteed themselves a ticket to the 1/8 finals. The zero draw in the port in the fifth round was provided by City's first place in the group. In the final round, the British defeated the houses Olympic 3: 0.

• In the 1/8 finals, the Guardiola team twice beat Menhengladbach Borussia. Both matches took place in Budapest and ended with a score of 2: 0. In the 1/4 finals there were two victories 2: 1 already over the Borussia of Dortmund, and in the semifinals the PSG was twice beaten – 2: 1 in Paris and 2: 0 in Manchester. That is, City got seven wins in a row. Earlier, not a single English club succeeded in the Champions Cup/Champions League.

• City was also the first English club to win 11 matches in one draw. Before the record set by Real Madrid in the 2001/02 season, one victory was left.

• Before the goal of Marco Royce in the 84th minute of the first match of the 1/4 finals, Man City did not miss 790 minutes in the Champions League. The previous goal was scored by the Colombian Winger Porto Luis Diaz, who opened an account in the first round. The tournament record belongs to Arsenal. In the 2005/06 season, he did not miss 995 minutes. City was ahead of Juventus (690 minutes) and takes second place.

• In the 2019/20 season, City took second place in the Premier League and for the third time in a row he flew from the Champions League in the 1/4 finals, losing a single-match confrontation “Lyon” in Lisbon 1: 3.In the group City took first place with 14 points (B4 N2). In the 1/8 finals, the Mankunians went through 13-fold owners of the trophy from Real Madrid, defeating 2: 1 at home and visiting.

• Manchester City plays in the Champions League for the tenth time. Since the season 2011/12, the club has not missed a single draw.

• City scored 60 goals in the last 25 matches of the Champions League. Over the past three seasons, the team won 24 victories with four draws and three defeats. In these matches, the British scored 76 goals and missed 25.

• After a draw with Porto in the fifth round of the City statistics in matches in Portugal, it looks like this: B1 N2 P1. This was the second match of the Citizens at Dragau. The first ended with the victory over Porto with a score of 2: 1 in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League-2011/12. The decisive goal in the 85th minute scored Aguero.

• City held two episodes of a penalty in European competitions and won both:
4: 2 with Mitiulland, the second qualifying round of the UEFA-2008/09 Cup
4: 3 with Olborg, 1/8 finals of the UEFA Cup 2008/09

Chelsea
• Chelsea will play for the fourth time in the final of the European Cup against the English club. After the defeat from Manchester United in the Champions League-2008, the Londoners defeated the Arsenal 4: 1 in the Europa League-2019, but in the match for the UEFA Super Cup, they lost to Liverpool Liverpool after a foam after a draw 2: 2.

• Statistics Chelsea in matches with English clubs in European competitions: B7 N8 P4. The victory over Arsenal in 2019 is the only one for the blue in the last five matches (H2 P2). At the same time, Chelsea won exactly half of ten such confrontations in the playoffs.

• The London club confidently passed the group stage. After a house with a “Seville” (0: 0) and victory in Krasnodar (4: 0), Chelsea beat Renn twice (3-0 at home and 2: 1 on the road), solving the problem of leaving the group. In the fifth round, the Londoners staged the first place thanks to the victory in Seville (4: 0), and Olivier Giru became the first Chelsea player to score in European competitions. In addition, at the age of 34 and 63 days, the Frenchman became the oldest author Hit-trick (and poker) in the Champions League.

• In winter, Thomas Tukhel replaced Frank Lampard as head coach Chelsea. Under the leadership of the new mentor, the Londoners in the 1/8 finals beat the leader of the Spanish Championship Atletico – 1: 0 in a visiting match in Bucharest and 2-0 in their native walls. In the quarterfinals, the Londoners went through Porto – 2-0 on the road and 0: 1 house, although both matches played in Seville. In the semifinals, Chelsea defeated Real Madrid, playing in Madrid 1: 1 and winning in London 2: 0.

• Chelsea finished the fourth in the 2019/20 championship. At the group stage of the Champions League, the Londoners played the 17th time a total of a total of four seasons. The exception was the 2018/19 season, when the blue won the European League under the leadership of Maurizio Sarri.

• In the last Champions League, Chelsea lost at home Valencia 0: 1 in the starting round, but still went into the playoffs. With 11 points, he took second place in the group N following the bats, which he lost to personal meetings. In the 1/8 finals, the Lampard team lost to the future champion of Bavaria (0: 3 houses, 1: 4 on the road).

• In the current draw, Chelsea already has eight victories.Of the last 19 matches of the Champions League, the Londoners won 11 at five draws.

• Eduar Mendy did not miss the eight of 11 matches of the Champions League this season. This is a record for goalkeepers of English clubs in the history of the tournament. Ederson from Manchester City has one dry match less.

• It will be the fifth match Chelsea at Dragau: B1 H1 P2. The last time the Londoners played in the port (and in Portugal) at the group stage of the Champions League-2015/16 and lost to Porto 1: 2. Their general statistics in Portugal: B3 H1 P2.

• Statistics Chelsea in the penalty series in UEFA tournaments: B2 P4
1: 4 with Liverpool, Champions League UEFA 2006/07, 1/2 finals
5: 6 with Manchester United, UEFA Champions League 2007/08, final
4: 3 with Bavaria, Champions League UEFA-2011/12, final
4: 5 with Bavaria, Super Cup UEFA-2013
4: 3 with Aintracht, European League UEFA-2018/19, semifinals
4: 5 with Liverpool, UEFA-2019 Super Cup

Connections between teams and other
• Tukhel never beat Guardiola as a coach before he received Chelsea. In five matches with the clubs of Guardiola at the helm of Mainz and the Dortmund Borussia, Tukhel got two draws with three defeats. His teams scored two goals in those meetings, and missed – 11. Until the two recent victories of Chelsea over the City this season, Tukhel and Guardiola last met in the German Cup 2015/16. Bavaria won a penalty after a zero draw. This was the last match of Guardiola in Bavaria before leaving for Manchester City.

• In January 2012, de Brain moved to Chelsea from Genka. He spent the rest of the season at the Belgian club and only then moved to London. In Chelsea, the midfielder played only nine matches in all tournaments, three of them at the group stage of the Champions League in the fall of 2013. He spent the season 2012/13 at Verder on lease, and in January 2014 he signed a contract with Wolfsburg.

• The reserve goalkeeper of Chelsea Willy Ballero spent 48 matches for City for three seasons from 2014 to 2017. He repelled three blows in the penalty shootout with Liverpool in the victorious final of the Cup of the English League in the 2015/16 season. This is the only trophy that Caballero won in Manchester.

• Nathan Ake joined Chelsea in 2010, but spent only 17 matches for the club in all tournaments and in 2017 went to Bournmut. He was in reserve in the Victory for the “Chelsea” finals of the Europa League-2012/13 and the League Cup 2014/15, and also did not enter the field in the lost ending of the Cup of England against Arsenal in 2017.

• Partners in the national team:
John Stones, Kyle Walker, Phil Foden, Rahim Sterling and Ben Chilwell, Rice James, Mason Mount, Kallum Hudson-Odoi, Tammy Abraham (England)
Eric Garcia, Rodry, Ferran Torres, Emerik Lyaprat and Kepa, Marcos Alonso, Cesar Aspilicaet (Spain)
Benjamen Mendi and Curt Zuma, N'Gol Kant, Olivier Giru (France)
Ilkai Gundogan and Antonio Rüdiger, Timo Werner, Kai Haverts (Germany)
Ederson, Fernandinho, Gabriel Zhezus and Tiago Silva (Brazil)
Zak Steffen and Christian Pulishic (USA)

• Sergio Aguero and Caballero for a short time in 2018 played together for the Argentine national team.

• Played together:
Cesar Aspilicaeta and Kevin de Brein (Chelsea 2013)
Riyad Mahrez and N'Gol Kant (Leicester 2015/16)
Riyad Mahrez and Bin Chilwell (Leicester 2016-18)
Emerik Lyaport and Kepa (Athletic 2016-18)
Ilkai Gundogan and Krustan Pulishic (Borussia Dortmund 2015/16)

• Mahrez and Kanta spoke together for Lester, which won the English Premier League in the 2015/16 season. This was the only season of Kant in the club. He played 37 out of 38 matches in the Premier League, and Mahrez scored 17 goals in 37 matches of the championship that season.

• Tukhel was the coach of Gundogan in the Dortmund Borussia in the 2015/16 season.

• Foden and Hudson-Odoi helped the England team win the 2017 World Cup among young men under 17 years old in India.

• Either Steffen or Pulishic will become the first football player from the USA in the Champions Cup final.