English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 2, 2018
Fulham LLLLW 0
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Chelsea WWDLW 2
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Stamford Bridge · 40,551 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea weather Fulham storm to win West London Derby

Fulham's second half performance troubled Chelsea but could not score against Chelsea on Claudio Ranieri's return to Stamford Bridge.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
4
7
Saves
4
34
Possession
66
9
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
262
Accurate Passes
647
360
Passes
725
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
1
18
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.1
73
Long Balls
63
34
Accurate Long Balls
47
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
6
12
Effective Tackles
12
23
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
11
18
Effective Clearances
17
18
Clearances
17

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

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. 18Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Eden HazardLF
  11. 11PedroRF

Substitutes

  1. 29Álvaro MorataSUB
  2. 22WillianSUB
  3. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  4. 4Cesc FàbregasSUB
  5. 27Andreas ChristensenSUB
  6. 12Ruben Loftus-CheekSUB
  7. 21Davide ZappacostaSUB

FUL · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 25Sergio RicoG
  2. 26Alfie MawsonCD-L
  3. 4Denis OdoiCD-R
  4. 24Jean Michaël SeriDM
  5. 20Maxime Le MarchandLB
  6. 22Cyrus ChristieRB
  7. 10Tom CairneyAM
  8. 8Stefan JohansenLM
  9. 5Calum ChambersRM
  10. 9Aleksandar MitrovicCF-L
  11. 3Ryan SessegnonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Tim ReamSUB
  2. 23Joe BryanSUB
  3. 7Neeskens KebanoSUB
  4. 11Floyd AyitéSUB
  5. 47Aboubakar KamaraSUB
  6. 1Marcus BettinelliSUB
  7. 44Ibrahima CisséSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Chelsea 1, Fulham 0. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
  2. 45' Substitution, Fulham. Aboubakar Kamara replaces Ryan Sessegnon.
  3. 45' Substitution, Fulham. Floyd Ayité replaces Stefan Johansen.
  4. 54' Denis Odoi (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 67' Substitution, Chelsea. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  6. 69' César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 70' Substitution, Chelsea. Álvaro Morata replaces Olivier Giroud.
  8. 76' Substitution, Fulham. Neeskens Kebano replaces Tom Cairney.
  9. 78' Substitution, Chelsea. Davide Zappacosta replaces Marcos Alonso because of an injury.
  10. 82' Goal! Chelsea 2, Fulham 0. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  11. 83' Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

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