English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 26, 2015
Watford LWWWW 2
–
Chelsea DLWLW 2
1st2ndT
WAT112
CHE112
Stamford Bridge · 41,630 att.

Match Report

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Guus Hiddink's Chelsea held by Watford as Oscar misses penalty

Oscar slipped to send a penalty over the crossbar and blow a vital Chelsea victory against Watford in interim manager Guus Hiddink's first match.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
7
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
9
0
Saves
1
37.6
Possession
62.4
12
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.1
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
243
Accurate Passes
454
327
Passes
544
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
14
Crosses
27
0.1
Cross %
0.1
63
Long Balls
66
25
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
7
24
Effective Tackles
15
29
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
8
22
Clearances
12

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. 21Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 4Cesc FàbregasRM
  9. 19Diego CostaF
  10. 17PedroAM-L
  11. 22WillianAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Eden HazardSUB
  2. 6Baba RahmanSUB
  3. 5Kurt ZoumaSUB
  4. 1Asmir BegovicSUB
  5. 7RamiresSUB
  6. 18Loïc RémySUB
  7. 12John Obi MikelSUB

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 3Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 15Craig CathcartCD-R
  4. 25José HolebasLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 23Ben WatsonCM-L
  7. 29Étienne CapoueCM-R
  8. 7José Manuel JuradoLM
  9. 22Almen AbdiRM
  10. 9Troy DeeneyCF-L
  11. 24Odion IghaloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Alessandro DiamantiSUB
  2. 17Adlène GuédiouraSUB
  3. 5Sebastian PrödlSUB
  4. 20Steven BerghuisSUB
  5. 34Giedrius ArlauskisSUB
  6. 21Ikechi AnyaSUB
  7. 8Valon BehramiSUB

Timeline

  1. 32' Goal! Chelsea 1, Watford 0. Diego Costa (Chelsea) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gary Cahill following a corner.
  2. 42' Goal! Chelsea 1, Watford 1. Troy Deeney (Watford) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 44' Miguel Britos (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. John Obi Mikel replaces Cesc Fàbregas.
  5. 48' Craig Cathcart (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 56' Own Goal by Gary Cahill, Chelsea. Chelsea 1, Watford 2.
  7. 65' Goal! Chelsea 2, Watford 2. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Willian with a through ball.
  8. 69' Substitution, Watford. Valon Behrami replaces Almen Abdi.
  9. 73' Substitution, Watford. Ikechi Anya replaces Jurado.
  10. 74' Substitution, Chelsea. Eden Hazard replaces Pedro because of an injury.
  11. 80' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Oscar (Chelsea) right footed shot is too high. Oscar should be disappointed.
  12. 81' José Holebas (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 83' Valon Behrami (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 88' Diego Costa (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, Watford. Adlène Guédioura replaces Troy Deeney.

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