Chelsea beat Pafos with Caicedo goal, enter Champions League top 8 | OneFootball

This Wednesday, Chelsea overcame Pafos 1-0 in a match valid for the seventh round of the Champions League. Moisés Caicedo scored the goal that secured the victory for the English side at Stamford Bridge and their entry into the G8, the qualification zone for the next stage of the European competition.

Standings

With this result, Chelsea reaches 13 points and now occupies eighth place in the Champions League. Meanwhile, Pafos drops to 30th place with six points.

📋 Match Summary

🔵 CHELSEA 1 x 0 PAFOS ⚪

🏆 Competition: Champions League 🏟️ Venue: Stamford Bridge 📅 Date: January 21, 2026 (Wednesday) ⏰ Time: 5:00 PM (Brasília time)

Goals

How the match went

In the first half, Chelsea was dominant and pressed hard to take the lead, but couldn’t find the net. In the first 20 minutes, Pedro Neto and Reece James had dangerous shots that went close, but ended up off target. Near the end of the first half, Caicedo and Hato managed to shoot on goal, but both hit the center and were stopped by goalkeeper Gorter.

In the second half, the scenario repeated itself until, in the 33rd minute, the English team finally broke the deadlock. Pedro Neto took a corner at the near post and, after a header deflection by Fofana, the ball fell in the six-yard box for Caicedo, who headed it into the net.

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