English Premier League

FT Sunday, May 24, 2015
Sunderland DWWDD 1
–
Chelsea DWWDL 3
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SUN101
CHE123
Stamford Bridge · 41,620 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
11
5
Saves
8
35.4
Possession
64.6
17
SHOTS
24
9
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
290
Accurate Passes
572
342
Passes
617
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
10
10
Crosses
33
0.3
Cross %
0.3
40
Long Balls
32
12
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.3
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
9
12
Effective Tackles
6
16
Tackles
9
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
9
23
Clearances
9

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-R
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaLB
  5. 2Branislav IvanovicRB
  6. 22WillianAM
  7. 21Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 12John Obi MikelRM
  9. 11Didier DrogbaF
  10. 10Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 23Juan CuadradoAM-R

SUN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Vito MannoneG
  2. 16John O'SheaCD-L
  3. 22Sebastián CoatesCD-R
  4. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 2Billy JonesRB
  6. 10Connor WickhamAM
  7. 7Sebastian LarssonLM
  8. 8Jack RodwellRM
  9. 9Steven FletcherF
  10. 28Jermain DefoeAM-L
  11. 11Adam JohnsonAM-R

Timeline

  1. 26' Goal! Chelsea 0, Sunderland 1. Steven Fletcher (Sunderland) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adam Johnson with a cross following a corner.
  2. 30' Substitution, Chelsea. Diego Costa replaces Didier Drogba.
  3. 32' Jack Rodwell (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 37' Goal! Chelsea 1, Sunderland 1. Diego Costa (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  5. 42' Juan Cuadrado (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 44' Substitution, Chelsea. Loïc Remy replaces Juan Cuadrado because of an injury.
  7. 70' Goal! Chelsea 2, Sunderland 1. Loïc Remy (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  8. 75' Substitution, Sunderland. Emanuele Giaccherini replaces Adam Johnson.
  9. 78' Substitution, Chelsea. Andreas Christensen replaces John Obi Mikel.
  10. 82' Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 88' Goal! Chelsea 3, Sunderland 1. Loïc Remy (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nemanja Matic with a cross.

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