English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 30, 2017
Stoke City LLLWD 0
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Chelsea WWWDW 5
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CHE325
Stamford Bridge · 41,433 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea hit five against Stoke as pressure grows on Mark Hughes

Willian scored one and set up two more as Chelsea cranked up the pressure on Mark Hughes with a thumping 5-0 win over Stoke.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
7
7
Saves
1
41.5
Possession
58.5
1
SHOTS
21
1
ON GOAL
12
1.0
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
395
Accurate Passes
592
474
Passes
653
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
6
5
Crosses
23
0.0
Cross %
0.3
77
Long Balls
35
33
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
2
18
Effective Tackles
6
27
Tackles
9
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
9
22
Clearances
9

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CHE · 3-4-3

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 24Gary CahillCD
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaCD-R
  5. 6Danny DrinkwaterCM-L
  6. 7N'Golo KantéCM-R
  7. 3Marcos AlonsoLM
  8. 15Victor MosesRM
  9. 9Álvaro MorataF
  10. 11PedroCF-L
  11. 22WillianCF-R

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 5Kevin WimmerCD-L
  3. 20Geoff CameronCD-R
  4. 12Josh TymonLB
  5. 42Thomas EdwardsRB
  6. 14Ibrahim AfellayAM
  7. 16Charlie AdamLM
  8. 24Darren FletcherRM
  9. 9Saido BerahinoF
  10. 32Ramadan SobhiAM-L
  11. 18Mame Biram DioufAM-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Chelsea 1, Stoke City 0. Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Willian with a cross following a set piece situation.
  2. 9' Goal! Chelsea 2, Stoke City 0. Daniel Drinkwater (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  3. 23' Goal! Chelsea 3, Stoke City 0. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Willian.
  4. 27' Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 52' Pedro (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 57' Substitution, Chelsea. Davide Zappacosta replaces Victor Moses.
  7. 65' Substitution, Chelsea. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces N'Golo Kanté.
  8. 71' Substitution, Stoke City. Julien Ngoy replaces Ibrahim Afellay.
  9. 71' Substitution, Chelsea. Michy Batshuayi replaces Álvaro Morata.
  10. 73' Goal! Chelsea 4, Stoke City 0. Willian (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  11. 81' Substitution, Stoke City. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting replaces Charlie Adam.
  12. 88' Goal! Chelsea 5, Stoke City 0. Davide Zappacosta (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.

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