English Premier League

FT Thursday, April 19, 2018
Chelsea LWLDW 2
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Burnley WWWWW 1
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Turf Moor · 21,264 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea edge past Burnley to narrow gap with Tottenham

Chelsea pulled within five points of fourth-placed Tottenham with a 2-1 victory at Burnley on Thursday night.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
4
60.8
Possession
39.2
16
SHOTS
5
5
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
514
Accurate Passes
288
609
Passes
389
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
4
13
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.3
66
Long Balls
79
34
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
7
8
Tackles
13
0.9
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
25
28
Clearances
25

Head to Head

CHE leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BUR · 4-4-2

  1. 29Nick PopeG
  2. 5James TarkowskiCD-L
  3. 28Kevin LongCD-R
  4. 23Stephen WardLB
  5. 2Matthew LowtonRB
  6. 18Ashley WestwoodCM-L
  7. 4Jack CorkCM-R
  8. 17Jóhann GudmundssonLM
  9. 25Aaron LennonRM
  10. 11Chris WoodCF-L
  11. 10Ashley BarnesCF-R

CHE · 3-5-2

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 24Gary CahillCD
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaCD-R
  5. 14Tiemoué BakayokoCM-L
  6. 11PedroCM-R
  7. 7N'Golo KantéAM
  8. 33EmersonLM
  9. 15Victor MosesRM
  10. 18Olivier GiroudCF-L
  11. 9Álvaro MorataCF-R

Timeline

  1. 20' Own Goal by Kevin Long, Burnley. Burnley 0, Chelsea 1.
  2. 28' James Tarkowski (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 64' Goal! Burnley 1, Chelsea 1. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson.
  4. 69' Goal! Burnley 1, Chelsea 2. Victor Moses (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emerson with a cross.
  5. 71' Substitution, Chelsea. Eden Hazard replaces Álvaro Morata.
  6. 72' Substitution, Burnley. Sam Vokes replaces Chris Wood.
  7. 84' Substitution, Chelsea. Davide Zappacosta replaces Emerson.
  8. 87' Substitution, Burnley. Nahki Wells replaces Aaron Lennon.

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