English Premier League

FT Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Newcastle United WWWWL 2
–
Chelsea WWDDW 0
1st2ndT
NEW112
CHE000
Stamford Bridge · 41,559 att.

Match Report

Flintoff grabs two wickets as Lancashire ease to victory

Andrew Flintoff returned to action as a bowler after a six-month gap and took wickets with his ninth and 12th deliveries in an encouraging, if brief, three-over spell

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
2
36.6
Possession
63.4
13
SHOTS
18
4
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
225
Accurate Passes
460
309
Passes
549
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
7
12
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.3
58
Long Balls
47
26
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
4
13
Effective Tackles
13
21
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
14
39
Clearances
23

Head to Head

CHE leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 2Branislav IvanovicCD-R
  4. 34Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 17José BosingwaRB
  6. 12John Obi MikelCM
  7. 15Florent MaloudaLM
  8. 16Raul MeirelesRM
  9. 7RamiresF
  10. 9Fernando TorresLF
  11. 23Daniel SturridgeRF

Substitutes

  1. 8Frank LampardSUB
  2. 3Ashley ColeSUB
  3. 22Ross TurnbullSUB
  4. 10Juan MataSUB
  5. 5Michael EssienSUB
  6. 21Salomon KalouSUB
  7. 11Didier DrogbaSUB

NEW · 4-4-2

  1. 26Tim KrulG
  2. 2Fabricio ColocciniCD-L
  3. 6Michael WilliamsonCD-R
  4. 3Davide SantonLB
  5. 14James PerchRB
  6. 24Cheick TiotéCM-L
  7. 4Yohan CabayeCM-R
  8. 18Jonás GutiérrezLM
  9. 10Hatem Ben ArfaRM
  10. 9Papiss CisséCF-L
  11. 19Demba BaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Shane FergusonSUB
  2. 25Gabriel ObertanSUB
  3. 35Robert ElliotSUB
  4. 22Sylvain MarveauxSUB
  5. 15Dan GoslingSUB
  6. 16Ryan TaylorSUB
  7. 23Shola AmeobiSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Cheik Tioté (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 19' Goal! Chelsea 0, Newcastle United 1. Papiss Demba Cissé (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Davide Santon.
  3. 45' Juan Mata (Chelsea) Substitution at 45'
  4. 56' Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United) Yellow Card at 56'
  5. 61' Delay in match Cheik Tioté (Newcastle United) because of an injury.
  6. 68' Ryan Taylor (Newcastle United) Substitution at 68'
  7. 75' Attempt missed. Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  8. 78' Attempt saved. Didier Drogba (Chelsea) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  9. 87' Gabriel Obertan (Newcastle United) Substitution at 87'
  10. 90'+1' Tim Krul (Newcastle United) Yellow Card at 91'
  11. 90'+4' Papiss Demba Cisse (Newcastle United) Goal at 94'

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