English Premier League

FT Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Chelsea DWLWW 2
–
Norwich City LLLDL 1
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CHE202
NOR011
Carrow Road · 27,091 att.

Match Report

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Fortunate Chelsea move into top half of table with win at Norwich

Kenedy scored within the first 39 seconds as Chelsea won 2-1 at Norwich City on Tuesday night to pull into the top half of the table.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
0
53
Possession
47
10
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
427
Accurate Passes
346
520
Passes
447
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
12
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.2
76
Long Balls
74
33
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
4
14
Effective Tackles
6
22
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
16
27
Clearances
19

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NOR · 5-4-1

  1. 1John RuddyG
  2. 5Russell MartinCD
  3. 17Timm KloseCD-L
  4. 24Ryan BennettCD-R
  5. 12Robbie BradyLB
  6. 25Ivo PintoRB
  7. 8Jonathan HowsonCM-L
  8. 27Alexander TetteyCM-R
  9. 14Wes HoolahanLM
  10. 22Nathan RedmondRM
  11. 10Cameron JeromeF

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 2Branislav IvanovicCD-L
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-R
  4. 16KenedyLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 8OscarAM
  7. 21Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 4Cesc FàbregasRM
  9. 19Diego CostaF
  10. 10Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 14Bertrand TraoréAM-R

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Norwich City 0, Chelsea 1. Kenedy (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  2. 13' Jonny Howson (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 36' Substitution, Norwich City. Gary O'Neil replaces Alexander Tettey because of an injury.
  4. 39' Ryan Bennett (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 44' Oscar (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+1' Goal! Norwich City 0, Chelsea 2. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bertrand Traore with a through ball.
  7. 60' Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Bertrand Traore.
  8. 60' Substitution, Chelsea. John Obi Mikel replaces Oscar.
  9. 60' Substitution, Norwich City. Dieumerci Mbokani replaces Ryan Bennett.
  10. 68' Goal! Norwich City 1, Chelsea 2. Nathan Redmond (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan with a through ball.
  11. 69' Substitution, Chelsea. Baba Rahman replaces Kenedy.
  12. 73' Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 76' Timm Klose (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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