Christopher Nkunku and Noni Madueke's second-half goals gave Chelsea a 2-0 advantage over Servette in their Europa Conference League play-off tie.
2024/2025 UEFA Europa Conference League
2-0
The Blues put the disappointment of their Premier League defeat to Manchester City behind them, taking control of qualifying in the first leg at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea made a slow start to the game, with Gael Ondoua causing an early scare for Filip Jorgensen from a tight angle, though the goalkeeper was equal to it.
The Blues then stepped up the pace after the break – Nkunku darted in behind Servette's defence before being taken out by Jeremy Frick, and he made no mistake with the resulting penalty, emphatically firing it into the back of the net.
Marc Guiu should have doubled their lead moments later, picking Frick's pocket outside the box, but the goalkeeper recovered brilliantly to race back and smother both attempts by the Spaniard, who should have done better.
Madueke then made sure of the win with 14 minutes left on the clock, latching onto Enzo Fernandez's throughball before rifling his shot over Frick and into the roof of the net.
Jeremy Guillermenot should have halved the deficit in stoppage time but lifted his volley over the bar from point-blank range before Jorgensen denied him again with the last touch of the game.
Match Events
50' Nkunku brought down in the box and nets the penalty! Chelsea 1-0 Servette
55' How could Guiu miss such a chance??
76' Wonderful finish from Madueke to double the lead! Chelsea 2-0 Servette
Line-ups
Chelsea XI: T.Adarabioyo, Nkunku, Axel Disasi, Pedro Neto, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Benoît Badiashile, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Filip Jørgensen, Moisés Caicedo, Renato Veiga, Marc Guiu
Subs: Marcus Bettinelli, Marc Cucurella, Robert Sánchez, Cole Palmer, Noni Madueke, Enzo Fernández, Levi Colwill, Malo Gusto, Roméo Lavia, Nicolas Jackson
Servette XI: Miroslav Stevanovic, Jérémy Frick, David Douline, Steve Rouiller, Crivelli, Dereck Kutesa, Yoan Severin, Gaël Ondoua, Timothé Cognat, Bradley Mazikou, Keigo Tsunemoto
Subs: Anthony Baron, Joël Mall, Jérémy Guillemenot, Alexis Antunes, Julian Von Moos, Malik Sawadogo, Léo Besson, Théo Magnin, loun srdanovic, Patrick Weber, Tiemoko Ouattara, Samuel Fankhauser