Champions League

Champions League | Last 16 | 1st Leg

Feb 22, 2022 at 8pm UK

Stamford Bridge

Chelsea
2 - 0
Lille

(Chelsea win 4-1 on aggregate)

Havertz (8'), Pulisic (63')
Loftus-Cheek (83')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Ben Arfa (87')

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The Match

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Chelsea win with a probability of 47.19%. A draw had a probability of 28.5% and a win for Lille had a probability of 24.32%.

The most likely scoreline for a Chelsea win was 1-0 with a probability of 15.13%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.87%) and 2-1 (8.39%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.85%), while for a Lille win it was 0-1 (9.86%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 9.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Chelsea in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Chelsea.

Result
Chelsea	Draw	Lille
47.19%	28.49%	24.32%

Both teams to score 41.71%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

36.49%

63.5%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

17.17%

82.83%

Chelsea Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.86%

27.13%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.47%

62.53%

Lille Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

57.24%

42.75%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

20.92%

79.08%

Score Analysis

Chelsea 47.18%

Lille 24.32%

Draw 28.48%

Chelsea	Draw	Lille
1-0 @ 15.13% 2-0 @ 9.87% 2-1 @ 8.39% 3-0 @ 4.29% 3-1 @ 3.65% 3-2 @ 1.55% 4-0 @ 1.4% 4-1 @ 1.19% Other @ 1.73% Total : 47.18%	1-1 @ 12.85% 0-0 @ 11.6% 2-2 @ 3.56% Other @ 0.47% Total : 28.48%	0-1 @ 9.86% 1-2 @ 5.46% 0-2 @ 4.19% 1-3 @ 1.55% 0-3 @ 1.19% 2-3 @ 1.01% Other @ 1.07% Total : 24.32%