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Chelsea eager to extend streak started in 1995
Maresca and his players will be firmly focused on recording a statement victory against a side in Gent who sit in third place in Belgium’s top flight after nine matches.
Gent have lost three times during that period, although they did impressively record a 2-0 aggregate triumph over Partizan Belgrade in the playoff round of this competition.
Nevertheless, Wouter Vrancken’s side will be looking to become the first Belgian team since 1995 to record a win over Chelsea in European competition.
The last team to do so were Club Brugge, who prevailed 1-0 in the first leg of a Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final before losing the second leg at Stamford Bridge by a 2-0 scoreline.
A further four matches have since been played between Chelsea and Belgian opposition, each of which came in the Champions League but the last of which occurred in 2011.
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How have the other four games panned out?
Back in 2005-06 in what was Jose Mourinho’s second season of his first reign, Chelsea were drawn alongside Liverpool, Real Betis and Anderlecht in the Champions League group stages.
Chelsea would win 1-0 in the game at Stamford Bridge courtesy of a 19th-minute Frank Lampard goal, while Hernan Crespo and Ricardo Carvalho got on the scoresheet in the first 15 minutes on away territory.
Meanwhile, in 2011-12 in the same competition, Chelsea would be handed two group matches with Genk, winning the first of those by a 5-0 scoreline with Fernando Torres netting a double.
However, Genk would surprise Chelsea in the reverse fixture, earning a 1-1 draw courtesy of Jelle Vossen cancelling out Ramires’ first-half opener.
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