English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 20, 2016
Chelsea WLWWW 2
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Watford DDWLD 1
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WAT011
Vicarage Road · 20,772 att.

Match Report

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Diego Costa strikes late again as Chelsea beat Watford

Diego Costa strikes late again as Chelsea beat Watford

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Team Stats

0
Fouls
20
0
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
2
0
Possession
37.6
0
SHOTS
6
0
ON GOAL
2
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
251
0
Passes
330
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
3
0
Crosses
13
0.0
Cross %
0.2
0
Long Balls
59
0
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.0
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
17
0
Tackles
25
0.0
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
15
0
Effective Clearances
22
0
Clearances
31

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

WAT · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 5Sebastian PrödlCD
  3. 3Miguel BritosCD-L
  4. 15Craig CathcartCD-R
  5. 11Valon BehramiSW
  6. 29Étienne CapoueCM-L
  7. 17Adlène GuédiouraCM-R
  8. 25José HolebasLM
  9. 7Nordin AmrabatRM
  10. 24Odion IghaloCF-L
  11. 9Troy DeeneyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 30Costel Pantilimon
  2. 31Tommie Hoban
  3. 20Matej Vydra
  4. 18Juan Zúñiga
  5. 21Ikechi Anya
  6. 2Allan Nyom
  7. 16Abdoulaye Doucouré

CHE · 4-1-4-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-R
  4. 7N'Golo KantéDM
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaLB
  6. 2Branislav IvanovicRB
  7. 21Nemanja MaticCM-L
  8. 8OscarCM-R
  9. 10Eden HazardLM
  10. 11PedroRM
  11. 19Diego CostaF

Substitutes

  1. 15Victor MosesSUB
  2. 4Cesc FàbregasSUB
  3. 23Michy BatshuayiSUB
  4. 14Ruben Loftus-CheekSUB
  5. 29Nathaniel ChalobahSUB
  6. 34Ola AinaSUB
  7. 1Asmir BegovicSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Troy Deeney (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 20' Gary Cahill (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 55' Goal! Watford 1, Chelsea 0. Etienne Capoue (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Adlène Guédioura with a cross.
  4. 56' Diego Costa (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 69' Miguel Britos (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 70' José Holebas (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 71' Substitution, Chelsea. Victor Moses replaces Pedro.
  8. 73' Substitution, Chelsea. Michy Batshuayi replaces Oscar.
  9. 78' Substitution, Chelsea. Cesc Fàbregas replaces Nemanja Matic.
  10. 80' Goal! Watford 1, Chelsea 1. Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  11. 84' Substitution, Watford. Abdoulaye Doucouré replaces Etienne Capoue because of an injury.
  12. 87' Goal! Watford 1, Chelsea 2. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas with a through ball following a fast break.
  13. 88' Substitution, Watford. Matej Vydra replaces Adlène Guédioura.
  14. 90' Substitution, Watford. Juan Camilo Zuñiga replaces José Holebas.
  15. 90'+2' Eden Hazard (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+4' Valon Behrami (Watford) is shown the yellow card.

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