English FA Cup

FT Sunday, March 18, 2018
Chelsea DLLWL 2
–
Leicester City LWDDW 1
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CHE100-12
LEI01-101
King Power Stadium · 31,792 att.

Match Report

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Pedro's extra-time strike lifts Chelsea past Leicester City, into FA Cup semis

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
4
54.7
Possession
45.3
14
SHOTS
18
6
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
548
Accurate Passes
416
683
Passes
545
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
43
0.1
Cross %
0.1
93
Long Balls
91
44
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
6
7
Effective Tackles
22
11
Tackles
34
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
36
Effective Clearances
29
36
Clearances
29

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 2Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 25Wilfred NdidiCM-L
  7. 21Vicente IborraCM-R
  8. 11Marc AlbrightonLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyF
  11. 8Kelechi IheanachoRCF

Substitutes

  1. 14Adrien SilvaSUB
  2. 20Shinji OkazakiSUB
  3. 33Fousseni DiabateSUB
  4. 7Demarai GraySUB
  5. 28Christian FuchsSUB
  6. 12Ben HamerSUB
  7. 16Aleksandar DragovicSUB

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Wilfredo CaballeroG
  2. 27Andreas ChristensenCD
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaCD-R
  5. 14Tiemoué BakayokoCM-L
  6. 7N'Golo KantéCM-R
  7. 3Marcos AlonsoLM
  8. 15Victor MosesRM
  9. 9Álvaro MorataF
  10. 10Eden HazardCF-L
  11. 22WillianCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Olivier GiroudSUB
  2. 37EduardoSUB
  3. 4Cesc FàbregasSUB
  4. 21Davide ZappacostaSUB
  5. 11PedroSUB
  6. 24Gary CahillSUB
  7. 33EmersonSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Harry Maguire (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 42' Goal! Leicester City 0, Chelsea 1. Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Willian with a through ball following a fast break.
  3. 45'+1' Tiemoué Bakayoko (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Cesc Fàbregas replaces Tiemoué Bakayoko.
  5. 68' Substitution, Leicester City. Shinji Okazaki replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  6. 76' Goal! Leicester City 1, Chelsea 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  7. 89' Victor Moses (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 90'
  9. 92' Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro replaces Willian.
  10. 101' Substitution, Chelsea. Gary Cahill replaces Andreas Christensen.
  11. 105' Goal! Leicester City 1, Chelsea 2. Pedro (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
  12. 105'+1' Substitution, Chelsea. Olivier Giroud replaces Álvaro Morata.
  13. 105'+3'
  14. 105' Substitution, Leicester City. Fousseni Diabaté replaces Danny Simpson.
  15. 105' Substitution, Leicester City. Adrien Silva replaces Vicente Iborra.
  16. 105'
  17. 115' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Marc Albrighton.
  18. 120'+2'

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