The story
Chelsea beat Gent 4-2 at Stamford Bridge in the UEFA Europa Conference League, matchday 1.
Chelsea's goals came from Renato Veiga (12'), Pedro Neto (46'), Christopher Nkunku (63') and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (70'); Tsuyoshi Watanabe (50') and Omri Gandelman (90') replied for Gent.
It was 1-0 at half-time.
Key moments
- 12' Renato Veiga Goal · Chelsea 1-0 Assist: Mykhaylo Mudryk
- 46' Pedro Neto Goal · Chelsea 2-0 Assist: Axel Disasi
- 50' Tsuyoshi Watanabe Goal · Gent 2-1 Assist: Andri Gudjohnsen
- 63' Christopher Nkunku Goal · Chelsea 3-1 Assist: Renato Veiga
- 70' Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Goal · Chelsea 4-1
- 90' Omri Gandelman Goal · Gent 4-2 Assist: Max Dean
Line-ups
Chelsea
- Filip JörgensenGoalkeeper
- Axel DisasiDefender
- Tosin AdarabioyoDefender
- Benoît BadiashileDefender
- Kiernan Dewsbury-HallMidfielder
- Mykhaylo MudrykMidfielder
- Renato VeigaMidfielder
- Cesare CasadeiMidfielder
- Pedro Netooff 80'Forward
- Christopher Nkunkuoff 80'Forward
- João FélixForward
Gent
- Davy RoefGoalkeeper
- Stefan MitrovicDefender
- Jordan TorunarighaDefender
- Noah Fadigaoff 65'Defender
- Tsuyoshi WatanabeDefender
- Hugo Gamboroff 89'Defender
- Archie BrownDefender
- Mathias Delorgeoff 78'Midfielder
- Atsuki ItoMidfielder
- Andri Gudjohnsenoff 64'Forward
- Franck Surdezoff 78'Forward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (8)
- 12' ⚽ Renato Veigaassist Mykhaylo Mudryk
- 46' ⚽ Pedro Netoassist Axel Disasi
- 50' ⚽ Tsuyoshi Watanabeassist Andri Gudjohnsen
- 63' ⚽ Christopher Nkunkuassist Renato Veiga
- 70' ⚽ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
- 72' 🟨 Axel Disasi
- 90' ⚽ Omri Gandelmanassist Max Dean
- 90+5' 🟨 Archie Brown
