English Premier League

FT Sunday, March 31, 2019
Chelsea WWDWL 2
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Cardiff City WLLLW 1
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Cardiff City Stadium · 32,657 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea snatch controversial win at Cardiff to ease Sarri pressure

Chelsea scored an injury-time winner as they came from a goal down to win 2-1 at Cardiff and ease the pressure on manager Maurizio Sarri.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
1
71.1
Possession
28.9
21
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
493
Accurate Passes
132
592
Passes
239
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
3
Accurate Crosses
3
13
Crosses
9
0.2
Cross %
0.3
46
Long Balls
79
23
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
9
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
12
10
Tackles
27
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
9
Interceptions
14
20
Effective Clearances
23
20
Clearances
23

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-0

Lineups

CAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Joe BennettLB
  5. 2Lee PeltierRB
  6. 21Víctor CamarasaAM
  7. 7Harry ArterLM
  8. 17Aron GunnarssonRM
  9. 29Oumar NiasseF
  10. 33Junior HoilettAM-L
  11. 11Josh MurphyAM-R

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 30David LuizCD-L
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  4. 3Marcos AlonsoLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 5JorginhoCM
  7. 8Ross BarkleyLM
  8. 17Mateo KovacicRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 22WillianLF
  11. 11PedroRF

Timeline

  1. 26' Jorginho (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 46' Goal! Cardiff City 1, Chelsea 0. Víctor Camarasa (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Harry Arter with a cross.
  3. 53' Substitution, Chelsea. Eden Hazard replaces Pedro.
  4. 54' Harry Arter (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 61' César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 64' Substitution, Chelsea. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Jorginho.
  7. 77' Substitution, Chelsea. Olivier Giroud replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  8. 80' Substitution, Cardiff City. Joe Ralls replaces Harry Arter.
  9. 84' Goal! Cardiff City 1, Chelsea 1. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcos Alonso following a corner.
  10. 85' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kenneth Zohore replaces Oumar Niasse.
  11. 86' Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 87' Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90' Substitution, Cardiff City. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing replaces Josh Murphy.
  14. 90'+1' Goal! Cardiff City 1, Chelsea 2. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Willian with a cross.

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