English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 30, 2017
Manchester City WWWWW 1
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Chelsea WDWWW 0
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Stamford Bridge · 41,530 att.

Match Report

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Kevin De Bruyne sends Man City top with victory over Chelsea

Kevin De Bruyne netted an excellent winner as Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge to move back to the top of the Premier League table.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
8
8
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
5
61.9
Possession
38.1
17
SHOTS
4
6
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
578
Accurate Passes
311
653
Passes
395
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
3
20
Crosses
14
0.4
Cross %
0.2
49
Long Balls
58
29
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
0
17
Effective Tackles
13
19
Tackles
19
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
20
20
Clearances
20

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-2

Lineups

CHE · 3-5-1-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 27Andreas ChristensenCD
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-L
  4. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  5. 4Cesc FàbregasCM-L
  6. 7N'Golo KantéCM-R
  7. 14Tiemoué BakayokoAM
  8. 3Marcos AlonsoLM
  9. 28César AzpilicuetaRM
  10. 9Álvaro MorataF
  11. 10Eden HazardRCF

Substitutes

  1. 23Michy BatshuayiSUB
  2. 22WillianSUB
  3. 16KenedySUB
  4. 15Victor MosesSUB
  5. 21Davide ZappacostaSUB
  6. 1Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  7. 11PedroSUB

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 18Fabian DelphLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 33Gabriel JesusF
  10. 19Leroy SanéLF
  11. 7Raheem SterlingRF

Substitutes

  1. 1Claudio BravoSUB
  2. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoSUB
  3. 20Bernardo SilvaSUB
  4. 15Eliaquim MangalaSUB
  5. 8Ilkay GündoganSUB
  6. 42Yaya TouréSUB
  7. 3DaniloSUB

Timeline

  1. 35' Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Álvaro Morata because of an injury.
  2. 61' Fernandinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 67' Goal! Chelsea 0, Manchester City 1. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
  4. 72' Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro replaces Eden Hazard.
  5. 73' Substitution, Chelsea. Michy Batshuayi replaces Tiemoué Bakayoko.
  6. 76' Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces David Silva.
  7. 84' Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces Leroy Sané.
  8. 89' Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 90'+3' Substitution, Manchester City. Danilo replaces Kevin De Bruyne.

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