English Premier League

FT Saturday, May 7, 2016
Chelsea WLLWD 2
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Sunderland DLWDD 3
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CHE202
SUN123
Stadium of Light · 47,050 att.

Match Report

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Sunderland out of relegation zone with comeback win over Chelsea

Jermain Defoe's 18th goal of the season blasted Sunderland out of the Premier League relegation zone as 10-man Chelsea twice squandered the lead.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
3
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
6
68.6
Possession
31.4
9
SHOTS
14
8
ON GOAL
4
0.9
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
560
Accurate Passes
199
652
Passes
287
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
4
7
Crosses
16
0.4
Cross %
0.3
61
Long Balls
59
34
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
7
12
Effective Tackles
13
15
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
9
23
Clearances
9

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

SUN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 25Vito MannoneG
  2. 15Younes KaboulCD-L
  3. 23Lamine KonéCD-R
  4. 27Jan KirchhoffDM
  5. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  6. 24DeAndre YedlinRB
  7. 21Yann M'vilaCM-L
  8. 6Lee CattermoleCM-R
  9. 22Wahbi KhazriLM
  10. 9Fabio BoriniRM
  11. 18Jermain DefoeF

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-R
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaLB
  5. 2Branislav IvanovicRB
  6. 4Cesc FàbregasAM
  7. 21Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 12John Obi MikelRM
  9. 19Diego CostaF
  10. 10Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 22WillianAM-R

Timeline

  1. 1' Gary Cahill (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 14' Goal! Sunderland 0, Chelsea 1. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner.
  3. 41' Goal! Sunderland 1, Chelsea 1. Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  4. 45'+3' Goal! Sunderland 1, Chelsea 2. Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by César Azpilicueta with a headed pass.
  5. 52' Lee Cattermole (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 55' Substitution, Sunderland. John O'Shea replaces Lamine Koné because of an injury.
  7. 64' Substitution, Sunderland. Duncan Watmore replaces Jan Kirchhoff.
  8. 67' Goal! Sunderland 2, Chelsea 2. Fabio Borini (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Patrick van Aanholt.
  9. 68' Substitution, Chelsea. Baba Rahman replaces Branislav Ivanovic because of an injury.
  10. 70' Goal! Sunderland 3, Chelsea 2. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  11. 70' Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  12. 71' Substitution, Sunderland. Sebastian Larsson replaces Lee Cattermole.
  13. 80' Substitution, Chelsea. Oscar replaces Willian.
  14. 83' Substitution, Chelsea. Bertrand Traore replaces John Obi Mikel.
  15. 87' John Terry (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 87' Younes Kaboul (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 88' Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+5' Second yellow card to John Terry (Chelsea) for a bad foul.

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