English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 11, 2018
Chelsea WWLLW 3
–
Huddersfield Town DDWWW 0
1st2ndT
CHE213
HUD000
Accu Stadium · 24,121 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea's Maurizio Sarri gets winning start at Huddersfield

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri made a winning start to life in the Premier League as his team enjoyed a 3-0 win over Huddersfield Town.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
1
62.8
Possession
37.2
13
SHOTS
6
4
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
582
Accurate Passes
281
658
Passes
372
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
23
0.5
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
87
29
Accurate Long Balls
46
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
21
12
Tackles
25
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
16
21
Effective Clearances
13
21
Clearances
13

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

HUD · 3-5-1-1

  1. 12Ben HamerG
  2. 26Christopher SchindlerCD
  3. 5Terence KongoloCD-L
  4. 25Mathias JørgensenCD-R
  5. 8Philip BillingCM-L
  6. 10Aaron MooyCM-R
  7. 6Jonathan HoggAM
  8. 15Chris LöweLM
  9. 33Florent HadergjonajRM
  10. 24Steve MouniéF
  11. 21Alex PritchardRCF

Substitutes

  1. 2Tommy SmithSUB
  2. 27Jon Gorenc StankovicSUB
  3. 17Rajiv van La ParraSUB
  4. 20Laurent DepoitreSUB
  5. 14Ramadan SobhiSUB
  6. 1Jonas LösslSUB
  7. 11Adama DiakhabySUB

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. 29Álvaro MorataF
  10. 22WillianLF
  11. 11PedroRF

Substitutes

  1. 15Victor MosesSUB
  2. 10Eden HazardSUB
  3. 21Davide ZappacostaSUB
  4. 12Ruben Loftus-CheekSUB
  5. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  6. 27Andreas ChristensenSUB
  7. 18Olivier GiroudSUB

Timeline

  1. 34' Goal! Huddersfield Town 0, Chelsea 1. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Willian with a cross.
  2. 44' Christopher Schindler (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Goal! Huddersfield Town 0, Chelsea 2. Jorginho (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 45' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Laurent Depoitre replaces Alex Pritchard.
  5. 68' Substitution, Chelsea. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Ross Barkley.
  6. 69' David Luiz (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 71' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Adama Diakhaby replaces Chris Löwe.
  8. 76' Substitution, Chelsea. Eden Hazard replaces Willian.
  9. 80' Goal! Huddersfield Town 0, Chelsea 3. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  10. 81' Substitution, Chelsea. Victor Moses replaces Pedro.
  11. 83' Terence Kongolo (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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