English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 10, 2018
Crystal Palace DDLLL 1
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Chelsea WWDLL 2
1st2ndT
CRY011
CHE202
Stamford Bridge · 40,800 att.

Match Report

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First-half goals see Chelsea to victory over Crystal Palace

Willian's strike and a Martin Kelly own goal were enough for the champions despite the visitors pulling a late goal back through Patrick van Aanholt.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
12
10
Saves
1
37.7
Possession
62.3
9
SHOTS
27
2
ON GOAL
11
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
288
Accurate Passes
518
361
Passes
593
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
8
18
Crosses
33
0.3
Cross %
0.2
55
Long Balls
58
24
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
7
13
Effective Tackles
11
19
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
34
Effective Clearances
20
34
Clearances
20

Head to Head

CRY leads series 3-2

Lineups

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. 18Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Eden HazardCF-L
  11. 22WillianCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Victor MosesSUB
  2. 44Ethan AmpaduSUB
  3. 11PedroSUB
  4. 14Tiemoué BakayokoSUB
  5. 1Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  6. 9Álvaro MorataSUB
  7. 33EmersonSUB

CRY · 4-4-2

  1. 13Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 5James TomkinsCD-L
  3. 34Martin KellyCD-R
  4. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 29Aaron Wan-BissakaRB
  6. 18James McArthurCM-L
  7. 4Luka MilivojevicCM-R
  8. 15Jeff SchluppLM
  9. 10Andros TownsendRM
  10. 17Christian BentekeCF-L
  11. 9Alexander SørlothCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Wilfried ZahaSUB
  2. 14Lee Chung-YongSUB
  3. 24Timothy Fosu-MensahSUB
  4. 23Pape SouaréSUB
  5. 16Diego CavalieriSUB
  6. 44Jairo RiedewaldSUB
  7. 12Mamadou SakhoSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal! Chelsea 1, Crystal Palace 0. Willian (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
  2. 32' Own Goal by Martin Kelly, Crystal Palace. Chelsea 2, Crystal Palace 0.
  3. 45' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Wilfried Zaha replaces Christian Benteke.
  4. 59' Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 72' Substitution, Chelsea. Álvaro Morata replaces Olivier Giroud.
  6. 75' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jairo Riedewald replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.
  7. 81' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Lee Chung-yong replaces Andros Townsend.
  8. 86' James Tomkins (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 86' Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 88' Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro replaces Cesc Fàbregas.
  11. 88' Substitution, Chelsea. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Eden Hazard.
  12. 90' Goal! Chelsea 2, Crystal Palace 1. Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.

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