English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 14, 2018
Chelsea WLWLD 3
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Southampton DLWLL 2
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CHE033
SOU112
St. Mary's Stadium · 31,764 att.

Match Report

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Olivier Giroud brace seals Chelsea comeback at Southampton

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
2
58
Possession
42
17
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
420
Accurate Passes
277
518
Passes
377
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
7
25
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.4
46
Long Balls
73
18
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
8
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
12
11
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
29
16
Clearances
29

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-1

Lineups

SOU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13Alex McCarthyG
  2. 3Maya YoshidaCD
  3. 6Wesley HoedtCD-L
  4. 35Jan BednarekCD-R
  5. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergCM-L
  6. 14Oriol RomeuCM-R
  7. 21Ryan BertrandLM
  8. 2CédricRM
  9. 7Shane LongF
  10. 11Dusan TadicCF-L
  11. 16James Ward-ProwseCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Sofiane BoufalSUB
  2. 18Mario LeminaSUB
  3. 10Charlie AustinSUB
  4. 44Fraser ForsterSUB
  5. 20Manolo GabbiadiniSUB
  6. 39Josh SimsSUB
  7. 38Sam McQueenSUB

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 27Andreas ChristensenCD
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-L
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaCD-R
  5. 7N'Golo KantéCM-L
  6. 4Cesc FàbregasCM-R
  7. 3Marcos AlonsoLM
  8. 21Davide ZappacostaRM
  9. 9Álvaro MorataF
  10. 10Eden HazardCF-L
  11. 22WillianCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  2. 14Tiemoué BakayokoSUB
  3. 11PedroSUB
  4. 33EmersonSUB
  5. 8Ross BarkleySUB
  6. 18Olivier GiroudSUB
  7. 15Victor MosesSUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! Southampton 1, Chelsea 0. Dusan Tadic (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Bertrand.
  2. 42' Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 44' James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 60' Goal! Southampton 2, Chelsea 0. Jan Bednarek (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a set piece situation.
  5. 61' Substitution, Chelsea. Olivier Giroud replaces Álvaro Morata.
  6. 61' Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro replaces Davide Zappacosta.
  7. 64' Eden Hazard (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 65' Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  9. 70' Goal! Southampton 2, Chelsea 1. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcos Alonso with a cross.
  10. 75' Goal! Southampton 2, Chelsea 2. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Willian with a cross.
  11. 78' Oriol Romeu (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 78' Goal! Southampton 2, Chelsea 3. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  13. 79' Substitution, Southampton. Charlie Austin replaces James Ward-Prowse.
  14. 81' Shane Long (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 82' Willian (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 83' Substitution, Southampton. Josh Sims replaces Dusan Tadic.
  17. 86' Substitution, Chelsea. Victor Moses replaces Eden Hazard.
  18. 90'+2' Substitution, Southampton. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Jan Bednarek.
  19. 90'+4' Gary Cahill (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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