PRE-MATCH BRIEFING: CHELSEA V RACING GENK

CHELSEA STATS
The Blues have topped our group six times in the last eight campaigns. We have never failed to progress to the Champions League knockout stages in nine attempts.

Chelsea have lost just two and won 19 of our last 28 home Champions League matches since 2006.

Chelsea's home record against Belgian teams
1970/71	Club Brugge	W 4-0 aet	Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final
1994/95	Club Brugge	W 2-0	Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final
2005/06	Anderlecht	W 1-0	Champions League group stage

Chelsea's last ten years in Europe
2001/02 Uefa Cup - second round
2002/03 Uefa Cup - first round
2003/04 Champions League - semi-final
2004/05 Champions League - semi-final
2005/06 Champions League - round of 16
2006/07 Champions League - semi-final
2007/08 Champions League - runners-up
2008/09 Champions League - semi-final
2009/10 Champions League - round of 16
2010/11 Champions League - quarter-final


Chelsea's overall record in European competition is played 175, won 92, drawn 48, lost 35. This is our 15th season in succession in Europe and 10th in the Champions League.

Tonight is our 108th match in the Champions League including qualifying games. We have won 54 of our 107 games, drawn 32 and lost 21.

The Blues have had 19 shots on goal which is the most so far in two group matches together with Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Champions League group E fixtures
Sep 13	Bayer Leverkusen (h)	W 2-0
Sep 28	Valencia (a)	D 1-1
Oct 19	KRC Genk (h)
Nov 1	KRC Genk (a)
Nov 23	Bayer Leverkusen (a)
Dec 6	Valencia (h)

Champions League minutes on pitch 180
Bosingwa 180, Cech 180, Cole 180, Malouda 180, Mata 180, Mikel 180, D Luiz 166, Torres 162, Lampard 109, Ivanovic 90, Terry 90, Meireles 88, Ramires 66, Sturridge 64, Anelka 44, Alex 14, Kalou 7.

Champions League scorers
D Luiz 1, Lampard 1, Mata 1. Total 3

Last six results
Sep 18	Man Utd (a)	L 1-3
Sep 21	Fulham (Carling Cup h) (won 4-3 on pens)	D 0-0
Sep 24	Swansea (h)	W 4-1
Sep 28	Valencia (Champions League a)	D 1-1
Oct 2	Bolton (a)	W 5-1
Oct 15	Everton (h)	W 3-1

MILESTONES
If selected, Didier Drogba will play his 313th for Chelsea, which will make him our second highest overseas appearance-maker ahead of Gianfranco Zola (312) and behind Petr Cech (322).

GENK STATS
Founded 1988

Honours
3 Belgian League titles in 1999, 2002, 2011
3 Belgian Cups in 1998, 2000, 2009
1 Belgian Super Cup in 2011

KRC Genk were formed in 1988 with the merger of Waterschei Thor and KFC Winterslag.

Last ten seasons in the Jupiler League
	Pts	Pos
2001/02	72	1st
2002/03	55	6th
2003/04	59	4th
2004/05	70	4th
2005/06	57	5th
2006/07	72	2nd
2007/08	45	10th
2008/09	50	7th
2009/10	34	11th
2010/11	65	2nd*

*At the end of the regular season the top six enter into a play-off. Genk won and were crowned champions.

Genk started the season by beating Standard Liège to win the Belgian Super Cup.

Genk have reached the Champions League group stage once before in 2002/03. They finished fourth with four draws and two defeats. On their travels they achieved two draws at Roma and AEK Athens and lost heavily at the Bernabeu 0-6 to Real Madrid.

The Belgian champions reached the group stage this term by overturning Maccabi Haifa's 2-1 first-leg advantage in the play-offs to win by the same score in the return. Genk won 4-1 on penalties after extra time thanks to two saves from Laszio Köteles.

Last season Genk competed in the Europa League and were eliminated by eventual winners Porto 2-7 managed by Andre Villas-Boas in the play-off round.

Genk have won 20 and lost 17 of their 48 games in European competition. They are still looking for their first win in the Champions League proper.

Ten-year European record
2001/02 Did not qualify
2002/03 Champions League first group stage
2003/04 Did not qualify
2004/05 Intertoto Cup semi-finals
2005/06 UEFA Cup first round
2006/07 Did not qualify
2007/08 Champions League second qualifying round
2008/09 Did not qualify
2009/10 Europa League play-offs
2010/11 Europa League play-offs

Our visitors have only won three of their 10 league games this term and currently stand 10 points behind leaders Anderlecht.

Champions League fixtures
Jul 26	Partizan Belgrade (3rd qual h)	W 2-1
Aug 3	Partizan Belgrade (3rd qual a)	D 1-1
Aug 17 )	Maccabi Haifa (Play-off a	L 1-2
Aug 23	Maccabi Haifa (Play-off h)	W 2-1 (won 4-1 on pens after extra time)
Sep 13	Valencia (h)	D 0-0
Sep 28	Bayer Leverkusen (a)	L 0-2
Oct 19	Chelsea (a)
Nov 1	Chelsea (h)
Nov 23	Valencia (a)
Dec 6	Bayer Leverkusen (h)

 

Champions League minutes on pitch (group stage only) 180
Köteles 180, Ngcongca 180, Pudil 180, Simaeys 180, Tözsér 180, Buffel 175, Hubert 168, Nadson 159, Vossen 126, Ogunjimi 116, De Bruyne 90, Ndabashinze 90, Nwanganga 76, Barda 54, Hyland 21, Camus 5.

2011/12 Champions League scorers
Vossen 3 (2 pens), Barda 1, Buffel 1, Ogunjimi 1. Total 6 (all qualifying rounds)

Last six domestic results
Sep 9	Sint-Truidense (a)	W 4-3
Sep 18	Standard Liège (h)	W 3-0
Sep 21	Deinze (Cup a)	W 6-2
Sep 24	Oud-Heverlee Leuven (a)	D 1-1
Oct 2	Anderlecht (h)	L 0-1
Oct 15	Lokeren (a)	L 1-3

 

2011/12 Jupiler Belgian League table
		Pld	Gd	Pts
1	Anderlecht	10	12	23
2	Club Brugge	10	11	22
3	KAA Gent	10	8	19
4	Cerle Brugge	10	4	19
5	RAEC Mons	10	7	16
6	Standard Liège	10	-3	15
7	Kortrijk	10	2	14
8	Beerschot	10	2	13
9	KRC Genk	10	2	13
10	Lokeren	10	1	12
11	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	10	-6	11
12	Mechelen	10	-8	10
13	Zulte Waregem	10	-5	10
14	Lierse	10	-3	9
15	Westerlo	10	-9	7
16	Sint-Truidense	10	-15	2

THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE
The referee is Aleksei Nikolaev from Russia. It is only his fourth Champions League match and will be his first Chelsea or Genk game.

OTHERWISE ENGAGED
Champions League bookings list
KRC Genk Pudil 2, Buffel 1, Nadson 1.
Chelsea Cole 1, Kalou 1, D Luiz 1, Malouda 1, Mata 1, Torres 1.
Three yellow cards in the Champions League will result in a one-match ban.

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