English Premier League

FT Sunday, March 22, 2015
Chelsea DWWDD 3
–
Hull City WWLDD 2
1st2ndT
CHE213
HUL202
The MKM Stadium · 24,598 att.

Match Report

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Loic Remy rescues Chelsea after Hull scare to restore six-point league lead

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
6
Corner Kicks
6
6
Saves
0
57.1
Possession
42.9
8
SHOTS
19
3
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
427
Accurate Passes
290
542
Passes
407
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
5
15
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.3
70
Long Balls
80
30
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
20
21
Tackles
26
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
36
Effective Clearances
25
36
Clearances
25

Highlights

00:47 Prem: Hazard -- Chelsea goal (2') Watch on ESPN 00:52 Prem: Costa -- Chelsea goal (9') Watch on ESPN 00:16 Prem: N'Doye -- Hull City chance (14') Watch on ESPN 00:47 Prem: Elmohamady -- Hull City goal (26') Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

HUL · 3-5-2

  1. 1Allan McGregorG
  2. 4Alex BruceCD
  3. 15Paul McShaneCD-L
  4. 21Michael DawsonCD-R
  5. 25Gastón RamírezCM-L
  6. 7David MeylerCM-R
  7. 14Jake LivermoreAM
  8. 26Andy RobertsonLM
  9. 27Ahmed ElmohamadyRM
  10. 9Abel HernándezCF-L
  11. 28Dame N'DoyeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 29Stephen QuinnSUB
  2. 22Steve HarperSUB
  3. 6Curtis DaviesSUB
  4. 20Yannick SagboSUB
  5. 2Liam RoseniorSUB
  6. 24Sone AlukoSUB
  7. 11Robbie BradySUB

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-R
  4. 3Filipe LuísLB
  5. 2Branislav IvanovicRB
  6. 4Cesc FàbregasAM
  7. 21Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 7RamiresRM
  9. 19Diego CostaF
  10. 10Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 22WillianAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8OscarSUB
  2. 5Kurt ZoumaSUB
  3. 23Juan CuadradoSUB
  4. 18Loïc RémySUB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaSUB
  6. 1Petr CechSUB
  7. 36Ruben Loftus-CheekSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Hull City 0, Chelsea 1. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diego Costa.
  2. 9' Goal! Hull City 0, Chelsea 2. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
  3. 13' Gary Cahill (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 26' Goal! Hull City 1, Chelsea 2. Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross.
  5. 28' Goal! Hull City 2, Chelsea 2. Abel Hernández (Hull City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  6. 61' Substitution, Chelsea. Oscar replaces Ramires.
  7. 75' Substitution, Chelsea. Loïc Remy replaces Diego Costa because of an injury.
  8. 77' Goal! Hull City 2, Chelsea 3. Loïc Remy (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Willian.
  9. 80' Substitution, Chelsea. Kurt Zouma replaces Willian.
  10. 80' Substitution, Hull City. Robbie Brady replaces Gastón Ramírez.
  11. 80' Substitution, Hull City. Stephen Quinn replaces David Meyler.
  12. 81' Substitution, Hull City. Sone Aluko replaces Andrew Robertson.
  13. 89' Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

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