English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 27, 2017
Everton DWWDD 0
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Chelsea LLDLW 2
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CHE202
Stamford Bridge · 41,382 att.

Match Report

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Dominant Chelsea cruise to home victory over Everton

After a scrappy opening spell at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea quickly began to settle into their stride.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
0
43.3
Possession
56.7
7
SHOTS
18
0
ON GOAL
7
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
355
Accurate Passes
500
437
Passes
583
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
2
16
Crosses
18
0.1
Cross %
0.1
72
Long Balls
63
29
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
7
12
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
23
28
Clearances
23

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 30David LuizCD
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaCD-R
  5. 7N'Golo KantéCM-L
  6. 4Cesc FàbregasCM-R
  7. 3Marcos AlonsoLM
  8. 15Victor MosesRM
  9. 9Álvaro MorataF
  10. 11PedroCF-L
  11. 22WillianCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Tiemoué BakayokoSUB
  2. 16KenedySUB
  3. 31Fikayo TomoriSUB
  4. 1Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  5. 27Andreas ChristensenSUB
  6. 17Charly MusondaSUB
  7. 23Michy BatshuayiSUB

EVE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 5Ashley WilliamsCD
  3. 6Phil JagielkaCD-L
  4. 4Michael KeaneCD-R
  5. 17Idrissa GueyeCM-L
  6. 26Tom DaviesCM-R
  7. 3Leighton BainesLM
  8. 30Mason HolgateRM
  9. 9SandroF
  10. 18Gylfi SigurdssonCF-L
  11. 10Wayne RooneyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Aaron LennonSUB
  2. 29Dominic Calvert-LewinSUB
  3. 22Maarten StekelenburgSUB
  4. 15Cuco MartinaSUB
  5. 21Muhamed BesicSUB
  6. 31Ademola LookmanSUB
  7. 43Jonjoe KennySUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Idrissa Gueye (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 27' Goal! Chelsea 1, Everton 0. Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álvaro Morata with a headed pass.
  3. 40' Goal! Chelsea 2, Everton 0. Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta with a cross.
  4. 45' Substitution, Everton. Muhamed Besic replaces Tom Davies.
  5. 62' Substitution, Everton. Dominic Calvert-Lewin replaces Sandro Ramírez.
  6. 71' Wayne Rooney (Everton) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 75' Substitution, Chelsea. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Pedro.
  8. 76' Victor Moses (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 78' Substitution, Chelsea. Michy Batshuayi replaces Álvaro Morata.
  10. 83' Substitution, Everton. Aaron Lennon replaces Phil Jagielka.
  11. 88' César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 89' Substitution, Chelsea. Andreas Christensen replaces Victor Moses.

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