English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 19, 2015
Sunderland LWWLL 1
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Chelsea WDLWL 3
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SUN011
CHE213
Stamford Bridge · 41,562 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea ease to win over Sunderland as Guus Hiddink watches on

Jose Mourinho may have gone but he was far from forgotten as Chelsea marked the end of an era with a 3-1 win over Sunderland.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
2
4
Saves
2
32.8
Possession
67.2
11
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
194
Accurate Passes
489
280
Passes
577
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
7
6
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.4
55
Long Balls
69
16
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
4
18
Effective Tackles
12
27
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
17
32
Clearances
20

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 5Kurt ZoumaCD-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. 7RamiresSUB
  2. 18Loïc RémySUB
  3. 24Gary CahillSUB
  4. 12John Obi MikelSUB
  5. 6Baba RahmanSUB
  6. 1Asmir BegovicSUB
  7. 14Bertrand TraoréSUB

SUN · 5-3-2

  1. 1Costel PantilimonG
  2. 16John O'SheaCD
  3. 15Younes KaboulCD-L
  4. 22Sebastián CoatesCD-R
  5. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  6. 2Billy JonesRB
  7. 21Yann M'vilaCM
  8. 8Jack RodwellCM-L
  9. 20Ola ToivonenCM-R
  10. 18Jermain DefoeCF-L
  11. 41Duncan WatmoreCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Jordi GómezSUB
  2. 9Fabio BoriniSUB
  3. 19Danny GrahamSUB
  4. 24DeAndre YedlinSUB
  5. 26Steven FletcherSUB
  6. 11Adam JohnsonSUB
  7. 25Vito MannoneSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Chelsea 1, Sunderland 0. Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Willian with a cross following a corner.
  2. 13' Goal! Chelsea 2, Sunderland 0. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  3. 23' Substitution, Sunderland. Adam Johnson replaces Sebastián Coates.
  4. 45' Substitution, Sunderland. Fabio Borini replaces Ola Toivonen.
  5. 48' Costel Pantilimon (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 50' Goal! Chelsea 3, Sunderland 0. Oscar (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  7. 52' Goal! Chelsea 3, Sunderland 1. Fabio Borini (Sunderland) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  8. 62' Jack Rodwell (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 71' Substitution, Chelsea. John Obi Mikel replaces Cesc Fàbregas.
  10. 76' Substitution, Chelsea. Loïc Remy replaces Diego Costa.
  11. 79' Substitution, Sunderland. Danny Graham replaces Duncan Watmore.
  12. 82' Substitution, Chelsea. Ramires replaces Oscar.
  13. 88' Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 89' John O'Shea (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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