English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 8, 2015
Swansea City LLDDD 2
–
Chelsea LWWLL 2
1st2ndT
SWA112
CHE202
Stamford Bridge · 41,232 att.

Match Report

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Courtois sent off as Chelsea begin title defence with Swansea draw

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
8
48
Possession
52
17
SHOTS
11
10
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
322
Accurate Passes
347
399
Passes
433
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.1
58
Long Balls
47
28
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
3
19
Effective Tackles
12
22
Tackles
16
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
10
29
Clearances
14

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. 10Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 22WillianAM-R

SWA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 6Ashley WilliamsCD-L
  3. 33Federico FernándezCD-R
  4. 3Neil TaylorLB
  5. 26Kyle NaughtonRB
  6. 23Gylfi SigurdssonAM
  7. 4Ki Sung-YuengLM
  8. 8Jonjo ShelveyRM
  9. 18Bafetimbi GomisF
  10. 20Jefferson MonteroAM-L
  11. 10André AyewAM-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 23' Goal! Chelsea 1, Swansea City 0. Oscar (Chelsea) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 29' Goal! Chelsea 1, Swansea City 1. André Ayew (Swansea City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  4. 30' Own Goal by Federico Fernández, Swansea City. Chelsea 2, Swansea City 1.
  5. 41' Substitution, Swansea City. Jack Cork replaces Ki Sung-yueng because of an injury.
  6. 45'+2' Jack Cork (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 52' Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea) is shown the red card.
  8. 54' John Terry (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 54' Substitution, Chelsea. Asmir Begovic replaces Oscar.
  10. 55' Goal! Chelsea 2, Swansea City 2. Bafétimbi Gomis (Swansea City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  11. 71' Substitution, Swansea City. Wayne Routledge replaces Jefferson Montero because of an injury.
  12. 76' Substitution, Chelsea. Kurt Zouma replaces Cesc Fàbregas.
  13. 79' Substitution, Swansea City. Eder replaces Bafétimbi Gomis.
  14. 84' Substitution, Chelsea. Falcao replaces Willian.
  15. 90'+3' Ashley Williams (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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