English Premier League

FT Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Chelsea WDWWL 2
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Watford LLDWW 1
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CHE112
WAT101
Vicarage Road · 20,415 att.

Match Report

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Eden Hazard scores twice as Chelsea beat Watford, back into top four

The brace on Boxing Day gives the Belgian 101 goals for his Blues career, and keeps Chelsea in fourth place above Arsenal.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
65
Possession
35
10
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
646
Accurate Passes
305
729
Passes
392
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.5
37
Long Balls
81
19
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
3
4
Effective Tackles
12
12
Tackles
18
0.3
Tackle %
0.7
3
Interceptions
12
13
Effective Clearances
12
13
Clearances
12

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WAT · 4-2-2-2

  1. 26Ben FosterG
  2. 15Craig CathcartCD-L
  3. 27Christian KabaseleCD-R
  4. 25José HolebasLB
  5. 21Kiko FemeníaRB
  6. 29Étienne CapoueCM-L
  7. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréCM-R
  8. 9Troy DeeneyCF-L
  9. 7Gerard DeulofeuCF-R
  10. 37Roberto PereyraAM-L
  11. 12Ken SemaAM-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. 17Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 7N'Golo KantéRM
  9. 10Eden HazardF
  10. 22WillianLF
  11. 11PedroRF

Timeline

  1. 16' Substitution, Watford. Adrian Mariappa replaces Christian Kabasele because of an injury.
  2. 43' Substitution, Chelsea. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Pedro because of an injury.
  3. 45'+1' Goal! Watford 0, Chelsea 1. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
  4. 45'+3' Goal! Watford 1, Chelsea 1. Roberto Pereyra (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Holebas with a cross following a corner.
  5. 58' Ben Foster (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 58' Goal! Watford 1, Chelsea 2. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  7. 67' Substitution, Watford. Domingos Quina replaces Ken Sema.
  8. 80' Substitution, Chelsea. Ross Barkley replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  9. 82' Substitution, Watford. Isaac Success replaces Gerard Deulofeu.
  10. 85' Substitution, Chelsea. Emerson replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi because of an injury.

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