English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 30, 2018
Chelsea DWWLW 1
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Crystal Palace LLWWD 0
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Selhurst Park · 25,781 att.

Match Report

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N'Golo Kante goal gives Chelsea victory at Crystal Palace

N'Golo Kante's second-half goal gave Chelsea a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace and took them within a point of third-placed Manchester City.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
3
65.8
Possession
34.2
12
SHOTS
4
4
ON GOAL
0
0.3
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
690
Accurate Passes
305
781
Passes
394
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
2
16
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.1
48
Long Balls
65
34
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
13
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
17
Interceptions
15
17
Effective Clearances
24
17
Clearances
24

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-2

Lineups

CRY · 4-5-1

  1. 31Vicente GuaitaG
  2. 12Mamadou SakhoCD-L
  3. 5James TomkinsCD-R
  4. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 29Aaron Wan-BissakaRB
  6. 8Cheikhou KouyatéCM-L
  7. 18James McArthurCM-R
  8. 4Luka MilivojevicAM
  9. 15Jeff SchluppLM
  10. 10Andros TownsendRM
  11. 11Wilfried ZahaF

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. 7N'Golo KantéRM
  9. 18Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Eden HazardLF
  11. 22WillianRF

Timeline

  1. 10' Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 51' Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Chelsea 1. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Luiz with a through ball.
  3. 69' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Connor Wickham replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.
  4. 76' Substitution, Chelsea. Álvaro Morata replaces Olivier Giroud because of an injury.
  5. 78' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Max Meyer replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté.
  6. 82' Substitution, Chelsea. Emerson replaces Willian.
  7. 88' Substitution, Chelsea. Mateo Kovacic replaces Ross Barkley.

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