English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 26, 2018
Chelsea LLWWW 2
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Newcastle United DLLLD 1
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St. James' Park · 51,791 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea patient in attack and rewarded with 2-1 win at Newcastle

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
2
81.1
Possession
18.9
15
SHOTS
6
3
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
839
Accurate Passes
131
913
Passes
200
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
7
23
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.4
33
Long Balls
60
22
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
5
Interceptions
17
20
Effective Clearances
36
20
Clearances
36

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NEW · 5-4-1

  1. 12Martin DúbravkaG
  2. 18Federico FernándezCD
  3. 2Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  4. 5Fabian SchärCD-R
  5. 3Paul DummettLB
  6. 22DeAndre YedlinRB
  7. 4Ki Sung-YuengCM-L
  8. 10Mohamed DiaméCM-R
  9. 7Jacob MurphyLM
  10. 11Matt RitchieRM
  11. 9Salomón RondónF

Substitutes

  1. 36Sean LongstaffSUB
  2. 21JoseluSUB
  3. 25Jamie SterrySUB
  4. 17Ayoze PérezSUB
  5. 13Yoshinori MutoSUB
  6. 26Karl DarlowSUB
  7. 30Christian AtsuSUB

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. 29Álvaro MorataF
  10. 10Eden HazardLF
  11. 11PedroRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Andreas ChristensenSUB
  2. 18Olivier GiroudSUB
  3. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  4. 22WillianSUB
  5. 8Ross BarkleySUB
  6. 12Ruben Loftus-CheekSUB
  7. 21Davide ZappacostaSUB

Timeline

  1. 40' Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 62' Substitution, Newcastle United. Joselu replaces Salomón Rondón.
  3. 65' Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 65' Substitution, Chelsea. Olivier Giroud replaces Álvaro Morata.
  5. 68' Federico Fernández (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 69' Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Pedro.
  7. 70' Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 73' Substitution, Newcastle United. Ayoze Pérez replaces Jacob Murphy.
  9. 76' Goal! Newcastle United 0, Chelsea 1. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  10. 79' Substitution, Chelsea. Ross Barkley replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  11. 79' Substitution, Newcastle United. Yoshinori Muto replaces Fabian Schär.
  12. 83' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Chelsea 1. Joselu (Newcastle United) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin with a cross.
  13. 87' Own Goal by DeAndre Yedlin, Newcastle United. Newcastle United 1, Chelsea 2.

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