English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 4, 2015
Stoke City WWWLL 1
–
Chelsea WWDDW 2
1st2ndT
STK101
CHE112
Stamford Bridge · 41,098 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea beat Stoke despite sensational Charlie Adam strike

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Team Stats

22
Fouls
5
6
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
9
8
Saves
1
39.5
Possession
60.5
7
SHOTS
19
2
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
329
Accurate Passes
546
415
Passes
635
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
2
9
Crosses
22
0.0
Cross %
0.1
66
Long Balls
55
33
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
7
18
Tackles
10
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
30
Effective Clearances
21
30
Clearances
21

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-R
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaLB
  5. 2Branislav IvanovicRB
  6. 8OscarAM
  7. 21Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 4Cesc FàbregasRM
  9. 18Loïc RémyF
  10. 10Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 22WillianAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Juan CuadradoSUB
  2. 7RamiresSUB
  3. 3Filipe LuísSUB
  4. 19Diego CostaSUB
  5. 11Didier DrogbaSUB
  6. 1Petr CechSUB
  7. 5Kurt ZoumaSUB

STK · 4-4-2

  1. 1Asmir BegovicG
  2. 26Philipp WollscheidCD-L
  3. 17Ryan ShawcrossCD-R
  4. 12Marc WilsonLB
  5. 20Geoff CameronRB
  6. 6Glenn WhelanCM-L
  7. 15Steven N'ZonziCM-R
  8. 16Charlie AdamLM
  9. 7Stephen IrelandRM
  10. 19Jonathan WaltersCF-L
  11. 18Mame Biram DioufCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Phil BardsleySUB
  2. 3Erik PietersSUB
  3. 25Peter CrouchSUB
  4. 10Marko ArnautovicSUB
  5. 22Jack ButlandSUB
  6. 5Marc MuniesaSUB
  7. 21Steve SidwellSUB

Timeline

  1. 26' Glenn Whelan (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 31' Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 39' Goal! Chelsea 1, Stoke City 0. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  4. 44' Goal! Chelsea 1, Stoke City 1. Charlie Adam (Stoke City) left footed shot from more than 35 yards to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonathan Walters.
  5. 45'+3' Stephen Ireland (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Diego Costa replaces Oscar.
  7. 57' Substitution, Chelsea. Didier Drogba replaces Diego Costa because of an injury.
  8. 62' Goal! Chelsea 2, Stoke City 1. Loïc Remy (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  9. 62' Substitution, Stoke City. Marko Arnautovic replaces Mame Biram Diouf.
  10. 63' Substitution, Chelsea. Juan Cuadrado replaces Loïc Remy.
  11. 66' Charlie Adam (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 69' Philipp Wollscheid (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 78' Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Stephen Ireland.
  14. 79' Substitution, Stoke City. Erik Pieters replaces Charlie Adam.
  15. 90'+3' Peter Crouch (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+4' Didier Drogba (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

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