Chelsea vs Legia Warszawa facts

Chelsea welcome Legia Warszawa in the second leg of their UEFA Conference League quarter-final boosted by a 3-0 lead from the first match in Warsaw.

Nineteen-year-old Tyrique George's first senior goal and a double from substitute Noni Madueke, the second barely 30 seconds after Legia goalkeeper Kacper Tobiasz had kept out a Christopher Nkunku penalty, earned Chelsea a comprehensive success after a powerful second-half showing in Poland.

That was the first meeting between the two sides in UEFA competition, and Chelsea's first game against a team from Poland.

Form guide

Chelsea

Record vs Polish clubs: P1 W1 D0 L0 F3 A0

The Blues won six out of six of their league phase matches to finish top, four points clear of any other team and with a record of 26 goals scored and just five conceded.

In the round of 16 they took on Danish side Copenhagen. Reece James and Enzo Fernández struck to give them a 2-1 victory in the away first leg, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall getting the only goal at Stamford Bridge.

This is Chelsea's 19th UEFA quarter-final and their first in the Conference League. They have won 14 of their previous 18 but lost of the last two, both in the Champions League against Real Madrid, in 2021/22 (4-5 agg) and 2022/23 (0-4).

The west London side have won 11 of their last 14 two-legged European ties.

Chelsea have progressed from all 15 previous ties when they have won the first leg away from home, most recently against Copenhagen in this season's round of 16.

Enzo Maresca's team have won all five home games in the Conference League this season, scoring 20 goals and conceding just three.

Chelsea's record in seven UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W3 L4:
1-4 v Liverpool, 2006/07 Champions League semi-final
5-6 v Manchester United, 2007/08 Champions League final
4-3 v Bayern München, 2011/12 Champions League final
4-5 v Bayern München, 2013 Super Cup
4-3 v Eintracht Frankfurt, 2018/19 Europa League semi-final
4-5 v Liverpool, 2019 Super Cup
6-5 v Villarreal, 2021 Super Cup

Legia Warszawa

Record vs English clubs: W3 D2 L4 F9 A14
Away record vs English clubs: W0 D2 L2

Legia faced English opposition in last season's group stage where they were drawn alongside Aston Villa, winning 3-2 at home in the opening game before going down 2-1 at Villa Park on Matchday 5.

The Polish side's only previous UEFA knockout tie against an English team was a 2-4 aggregate defeat against Manchester United in the 1990/91 European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals (1-3 h, 1-1 a).

They have never won in England, losing on their last two visits.

Legia finished seventh in the league phase (W4 L2), setting up a round of 16 tie against Norwegian side Molde. A 3-2 defeat in the first leg was overturned in Warsaw, the home side securing a 2-0 victory after extra time.

This is Legia's first European quarter-final since the 1995/96 Champions League, when they were defeated 0-3 on aggregate by Panathinaikos (0-0 h, 0-3 a). They have appeared in five previous UEFA quarter-finals and won two, a 3-1 aggregate victory against Galatasaray in the 1969/70 European Cup and a 3-2 success against Sampdoria in the 1990/91 Cup Winners' Cup.

The Legionaries have won ten of their 15 European matches this season (D1 L4), keeping nine clean sheets.

Legia have won just one of the previous ten UEFA ties in which they lost the home first leg, overturning a 1-2 deficit in last season's Conference League third qualifying round against Austria Wien to win 6-5 on aggregate after a remarkable 5-3 away victory. They have never previously lost a home first leg by three goals.

Legia's record in one UEFA penalty shoot-out is W1 L0:
6-5 v Midtjylland, 2023/24 Conference League qualifying play-offs

Links and trivia

Legia's Polish midfielder Maxi Oyedele came through the youth ranks at Manchester United, and while he never made a senior appearance, was at the club at the same time as Chelsea's Jadon Sancho.

Have also played in England:
Rúben Vinagre (Wolves 2017–20, Everton 2022 loan, Hull City 2023 loan)
Bartosz Kapustka (Leicester 2016–20)
Paweł Wszołek (Queens Park Rangers 2017–19)
Tomáš Pekhart (Tottenham 2006–09, Southampton 2008 loan)
Juergen Elitim (Watford 2019–23)

Have played together:
Pedro Neto & Rúben Vinagre (Wolves 2019/20)

International team-mates:
Pedro Neto & Rúben Vinagre (Portugal Under-21)