English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 31, 2015
Manchester City WWDLL 1
–
Chelsea WWDLW 1
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MNC101
CHE101
Stamford Bridge · 41,620 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea hold Manchester City to draw to retain five-point lead

Under-siege Chelsea retained a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League after repelling Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
4
57.2
Possession
42.8
9
SHOTS
3
5
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
436
Accurate Passes
296
544
Passes
416
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
1
22
Crosses
8
0.1
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
66
26
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
0
Blocked Shots
0
25
Effective Tackles
22
27
Tackles
29
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
21
19
Clearances
21

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-2-3-1

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

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 26Martín DemichelisCD-L
  3. 4Vincent KompanyCD-R
  4. 22Gaël ClichyLB
  5. 3Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 21David SilvaAM
  7. 25FernandinhoLM
  8. 6FernandoRM
  9. 16Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 7James MilnerAM-L
  11. 15Jesús NavasAM-R

Timeline

  1. 41' Goal! Chelsea 1, Manchester City 0. Loïc Remy (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  2. 45' Goal! Chelsea 1, Manchester City 1. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergio Agüero.
  3. 52' David Silva (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 74' Fernando (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 77' Substitution, Manchester City. Frank Lampard replaces Fernando.
  6. 80' Substitution, Chelsea. Didier Drogba replaces Willian because of an injury.
  7. 84' Substitution, Manchester City. Edin Dzeko replaces Sergio Agüero.
  8. 87' Substitution, Chelsea. Gary Cahill replaces Loïc Remy.
  9. 90' Substitution, Manchester City. Stevan Jovetic replaces David Silva.
  10. 90'+2' Substitution, Chelsea. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Oscar.

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