English Premier League

FT Friday, December 26, 2014
West Ham United WWWDW 0
–
Chelsea LWWWW 2
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CHE112
Stamford Bridge · 41,589 att.

Match Report

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John Terry and Diego Costa secure impressive Chelsea win over West Ham

Diego Costa was on target in a 2-0 win as Premier League leaders Chelsea proved a barrier too far for West Ham.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
8
7
Saves
0
35.3
Possession
64.7
6
SHOTS
28
0
ON GOAL
9
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
214
Accurate Passes
473
300
Passes
577
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
22
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.4
72
Long Balls
56
29
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
6
12
Effective Tackles
16
15
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
19
31
Clearances
19

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-1-1

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. 19Diego CostaF
  10. 10Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 22WillianAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12John Obi MikelSUB
  2. 7RamiresSUB
  3. 14André SchürrleSUB
  4. 3Filipe LuísSUB
  5. 11Didier DrogbaSUB
  6. 5Kurt ZoumaSUB
  7. 1Petr CechSUB

WHU · 4-3-3

  1. 13Adrián G
  2. 2Winston ReidCD-L
  3. 19James CollinsCD-R
  4. 3Aaron CresswellLB
  5. 18Carl JenkinsonRB
  6. 16Mark NobleCM
  7. 8Cheikhou KouyatéLM
  8. 4Kevin NolanRM
  9. 9Andy CarrollF
  10. 31Enner ValenciaLF
  11. 11Stewart DowningRF

Substitutes

  1. 30Alex SongSUB
  2. 22Jussi JaaskelainenSUB
  3. 7Matthew JarvisSUB
  4. 17Joey O'BrienSUB
  5. 15Diafra SakhoSUB
  6. 21Morgan AmalfitanoSUB
  7. 24Carlton ColeSUB

Timeline

  1. 28' James Collins (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Goal! Chelsea 1, West Ham United 0. John Terry (Chelsea) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Costa following a corner.
  3. 33' Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 58' Winston Reid (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Substitution, West Ham United. Diafra Sakho replaces Andy Carroll.
  6. 59' Substitution, West Ham United. Alexandre Song replaces Mark Noble.
  7. 62' Goal! Chelsea 2, West Ham United 0. Diego Costa (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  8. 74' Substitution, West Ham United. Morgan Amalfitano replaces Stewart Downing.
  9. 83' Substitution, Chelsea. Didier Drogba replaces Diego Costa.
  10. 83' Substitution, Chelsea. John Obi Mikel replaces Oscar.
  11. 86' Substitution, Chelsea. Ramires replaces Willian.

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