English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 25, 2012
Newcastle United WLLWD 0
–
Chelsea LLLWW 2
1st2ndT
NEW000
CHE202
Stamford Bridge · 41,718 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
2
4
Saves
3
47.5
Possession
52.5
11
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
395
Accurate Passes
440
451
Passes
513
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
3
21
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.2
66
Long Balls
54
49
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
13
18
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
17
27
Clearances
22

Head to Head

NEW leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 4David LuizCD-L
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-R
  4. 3Ashley ColeLB
  5. 2Branislav IvanovicRB
  6. 12John Obi MikelLM
  7. 16Raul MeirelesRM
  8. 9Fernando TorresF
  9. 17Eden HazardRCF
  10. 34Ryan BertrandAM-L
  11. 10Juan MataAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Michael EssienSUB
  2. 7RamiresSUB
  3. 23Daniel SturridgeSUB
  4. 6Oriol RomeuSUB
  5. 22Ross TurnbullSUB
  6. 8Frank LampardSUB
  7. 11OscarSUB

NEW · 4-4-2

  1. 1Tim KrulG
  2. 2Fabricio ColocciniCD-L
  3. 27Steven TaylorCD-R
  4. 3Davide SantonLB
  5. 5Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 4Yohan CabayeCM-L
  7. 8Vurnon AnitaCM-R
  8. 18Jonás GutiérrezLM
  9. 10Hatem Ben ArfaRM
  10. 19Demba BaCF-L
  11. 9Papiss CisséCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Sylvain MarveauxSUB
  2. 16Ryan TaylorSUB
  3. 17Romain AmalfitanoSUB
  4. 25Gabriel ObertanSUB
  5. 14James PerchSUB
  6. 37Steve HarperSUB
  7. 6Michael WilliamsonSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Chelsea 1, Newcastle United 0. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 39' Fernando Torres (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 45'+3' Goal! Chelsea 2, Newcastle United 0. Fernando Torres (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  4. 64' Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Raul Meireles.
  5. 67' Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  6. 74' Offside, Newcastle United. Ryan Taylor tries a through ball, but Papiss Demba Cissé is caught offside.
  7. 77' Attempt missed. Raul Meireles (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
  8. 88' Substitution, Chelsea. Frank Lampard replaces Raul Meireles.

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