English Premier League

FT Sunday, March 3, 2019
Chelsea WLWLW 2
–
Fulham WLLLL 1
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CHE202
FUL101
Craven Cottage · 24,900 att.

Match Report

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Jorginho, Higuain earn Chelsea win over Fulham with Kepa back in goal

Gonzalo Higuain and Jorginho scored either side of a Calum Chambers goal to earn Chelsea a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Fulham.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
5
64
Possession
36
20
SHOTS
12
7
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
628
Accurate Passes
309
694
Passes
384
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
11
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.3
58
Long Balls
53
40
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
8
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
10
15
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
18
11
Effective Clearances
17
11
Clearances
17

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

FUL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Sergio RicoG
  2. 13Tim ReamCD-L
  3. 16Håvard NordtveitCD-R
  4. 23Joe BryanLB
  5. 4Denis OdoiRB
  6. 10Tom CairneyAM
  7. 6Kevin McDonaldLM
  8. 5Calum ChambersRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 3Ryan SessegnonAM-L
  11. 12Ryan BabelAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Maxime Le MarchandSUB
  2. 19Luciano ViettoSUB
  3. 24Jean Michaël SeriSUB
  4. 22Cyrus ChristieSUB
  5. 11Floyd AyitéSUB
  6. 29Frank AnguissaSUB
  7. 31FabriSUB

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 27Andreas ChristensenCD-L
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  4. 33EmersonLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 5JorginhoCM
  7. 8Ross BarkleyLM
  8. 7N'Golo KantéRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 10Eden HazardLF
  11. 22WillianRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Mateo KovacicSUB
  2. 18Olivier GiroudSUB
  3. 12Ruben Loftus-CheekSUB
  4. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  5. 30David LuizSUB
  6. 20Callum Hudson-OdoiSUB
  7. 11PedroSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Fulham 0, Chelsea 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.
  2. 22' Calum Chambers (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 27' Goal! Fulham 1, Chelsea 1. Calum Chambers (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Babel with a cross following a corner.
  4. 31' Goal! Fulham 1, Chelsea 2. Jorginho (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  5. 51' Kevin McDonald (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Jorginho (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 62' Substitution, Fulham. André-Frank Zambo Anguissa replaces Kevin McDonald.
  8. 68' Substitution, Chelsea. Mateo Kovacic replaces Jorginho.
  9. 71' Substitution, Fulham. Floyd Ayité replaces Ryan Babel because of an injury.
  10. 74' Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro replaces Eden Hazard.
  11. 78' Substitution, Chelsea. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Ross Barkley.
  12. 80' Substitution, Fulham. Luciano Vietto replaces Tom Cairney.

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