English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 16, 2018
Chelsea WWLWD 2
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Brighton & Hove Albion LDWWL 1
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CHE202
BHA011
American Express Stadium · 30,645 att.

Match Report

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Eden Hazard ends goal drought as Chelsea win at Brighton

Eden Hazard scored his first goal in over two months to help Chelsea retain their place in the Premier League top four with a 2-1 win at Brighton.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
5
1
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
1
58.3
Possession
41.7
10
SHOTS
6
3
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
573
Accurate Passes
363
654
Passes
455
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
4
7
Crosses
16
0.1
Cross %
0.3
42
Long Balls
63
21
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
11
15
Tackles
24
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
16
11
Effective Clearances
14
11
Clearances
14

Head to Head

CHE leads series 2-0

Lineups

BHA · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 14Leon BalogunCD-R
  4. 30BernardoLB
  5. 22Martín MontoyaRB
  6. 24Davy PropperCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 20Solly MarchLM
  9. 11Anthony KnockaertRM
  10. 17Glenn MurrayF
  11. 13Pascal GrossRCF

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. 17' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Chelsea 1. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  2. 33' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Chelsea 2. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Willian with a through ball following a fast break.
  3. 55' Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 60' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Florin Andone replaces Glenn Murray.
  5. 66' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Chelsea 2. Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bernardo with a headed pass.
  6. 66' Substitution, Chelsea. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Pedro.
  7. 69' Florin Andone (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 75' Substitution, Chelsea. Ross Barkley replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  9. 81' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yves Bissouma replaces Pascal Groß.
  10. 83' Substitution, Chelsea. Olivier Giroud replaces Eden Hazard because of an injury.
  11. 83' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jürgen Locadia replaces Anthony Knockaert.
  12. 87' Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90' Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

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