English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 23, 2014
Leicester City WWWWD 0
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Chelsea LDWWW 2
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Stamford Bridge · 41,604 att.

Match Report

EPA/JUSTIN LANE

Costa on target again for Blues

Chelsea's new striker Diego Costa scored again as the Blues maintained their 100 per cent start to the Premier League season with a 2-0 win over Leicester.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
8
8
Saves
4
36.7
Possession
63.3
6
SHOTS
27
4
ON GOAL
10
0.7
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
210
Accurate Passes
464
295
Passes
530
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
23
Crosses
22
0.0
Cross %
0.3
76
Long Balls
42
29
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
8
18
Effective Tackles
18
28
Tackles
23
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
42
26
Clearances
42

Head to Head

CHE leads series 5-0

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. 4Cesc FàbregasLM
  8. 21Nemanja MaticRM
  9. 19Diego CostaF
  10. 10Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 14André SchürrleAM-R

LEI · 4-4-2

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 18Liam MooreCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 3Paul KoncheskyLB
  5. 2Ritchie de LaetRB
  6. 7Dean HammondCM-L
  7. 10Andy KingCM-R
  8. 15Jeff SchluppLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 23Leonardo UlloaCF-L
  11. 35David NugentCF-R

Timeline

  1. 51' Dean Hammond (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 62' Goal! Chelsea 1, Leicester City 0. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  3. 64' Substitution, Chelsea. Ramires replaces André Schürrle.
  4. 68' Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  5. 70' Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Oscar.
  6. 73' Substitution, Leicester City. Gary Taylor-Fletcher replaces Dean Hammond because of an injury.
  7. 77' Goal! Chelsea 2, Leicester City 0. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
  8. 80' Substitution, Chelsea. Didier Drogba replaces Diego Costa.
  9. 84' Substitution, Leicester City. Chris Wood replaces Leonardo Ulloa.

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