English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 27, 2016
Chelsea DDWLW 2
–
Southampton WWDWW 1
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CHE022
SOU101
St. Mary's Stadium · 31,688 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea secure comeback win at Southampton with Ivanovic goal

Chelsea recovered from conceding the opening goal to earn an impressive 2-1 Premier League win at Southampton.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
8
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
2
65.4
Possession
34.6
16
SHOTS
7
4
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
576
Accurate Passes
256
660
Passes
338
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
4
23
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.2
50
Long Balls
64
29
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
12
13
Tackles
14
1.0
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
22
33
Clearances
28

Head to Head

CHE leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 44Fraser ForsterG
  2. 6José FonteCD-L
  3. 17Virgil van DijkCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 2CédricRB
  6. 8Steven DavisAM
  7. 14Oriol RomeuLM
  8. 4Jordy ClasieRM
  9. 28Charlie AustinF
  10. 33Matt TargettAM-L
  11. 7Shane LongAM-R

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 2Branislav IvanovicCD-L
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-R
  4. 6Baba RahmanLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 22WillianAM
  7. 12John Obi MikelLM
  8. 4Cesc FàbregasRM
  9. 19Diego CostaF
  10. 17PedroAM-L
  11. 10Eden HazardAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Substitution, Chelsea. Oscar replaces Pedro because of an injury.
  2. 19' Steven Davis (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 42' Goal! Southampton 1, Chelsea 0. Shane Long (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Kenedy replaces Baba Rahman.
  5. 63' Diego Costa (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 64' Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 65' Jordy Clasie (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 69' Substitution, Southampton. Graziano Pellè replaces Shane Long because of an injury.
  9. 75' Goal! Southampton 1, Chelsea 1. Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diego Costa.
  10. 79' Substitution, Southampton. Sadio Mané replaces Charlie Austin.
  11. 89' Goal! Southampton 1, Chelsea 2. Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Willian with a cross following a corner.
  12. 89' Substitution, Southampton. James Ward-Prowse replaces Matt Targett.
  13. 90'+3' Substitution, Chelsea. Nemanja Matic replaces Eden Hazard.

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