English Premier League

FT Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Chelsea WWDDW 1
–
West Ham United DDLDL 0
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CHE101
WHU000
Boleyn Ground · 34,927 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
2
55.1
Possession
44.9
12
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
315
Accurate Passes
235
429
Passes
331
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
5
15
Crosses
28
0.3
Cross %
0.2
73
Long Balls
69
27
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
7
15
Effective Tackles
12
16
Tackles
15
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
68
Effective Clearances
49
68
Clearances
49

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WHU · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 13Adrián G
  2. 2Winston ReidCD-L
  3. 5James TomkinsCD-R
  4. 8Cheikhou KouyatéDM
  5. 3Aaron CresswellLB
  6. 18Carl JenkinsonRB
  7. 11Stewart DowningAM
  8. 4Kevin NolanLM
  9. 16Mark NobleRM
  10. 31Enner ValenciaCF-L
  11. 15Diafra SakhoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Joey O'BrienSUB
  2. 22Jussi JaaskelainenSUB
  3. 19James CollinsSUB
  4. 30Alex SongSUB
  5. 20Guy DemelSUB
  6. 7Matthew JarvisSUB
  7. 12NenêSUB

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. 5Kurt ZoumaLM
  8. 4Cesc FàbregasRM
  9. 19Diego CostaF
  10. 10Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 7RamiresAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Petr CechSUB
  2. 36Ruben Loftus-CheekSUB
  3. 11Didier DrogbaSUB
  4. 22WillianSUB
  5. 18Loïc RémySUB
  6. 23Juan CuadradoSUB
  7. 3Filipe LuísSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Substitution, West Ham United. James Collins replaces Winston Reid because of an injury.
  2. 13' Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 15' John Terry (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 22' Goal! West Ham United 0, Chelsea 1. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ramires with a cross.
  5. 43' James Collins (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 45'+4' Eden Hazard (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 67' Kevin Nolan (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 70' Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Oscar.
  10. 87' Substitution, West Ham United. Nenê replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté.
  11. 90'+3' Substitution, Chelsea. Didier Drogba replaces Diego Costa.
  12. 90'+6' Substitution, Chelsea. Loïc Remy replaces Eden Hazard.
  13. 90'+7' Didier Drogba (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

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