English Premier League

FT Saturday, July 4, 2020
Watford WLDLL 0
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Chelsea WWWWL 3
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Match Report

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Chelsea keep hold on fourth with win over Watford

Chelsea got back to winning ways with a 3-0 victory over Watford at Stamford Bridge on Saturday night to maintain their spot in the UCL places.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
3
29.6
Possession
70.4
7
SHOTS
21
3
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
230
Accurate Passes
660
300
Passes
731
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
4
11
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.2
53
Long Balls
40
27
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
8
15
Effective Tackles
8
24
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
11
21
Effective Clearances
18
21
Clearances
18

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 15Kurt ZoumaCD-L
  3. 4Andreas ChristensenCD-R
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaLB
  5. 24Reece JamesRB
  6. 7N'Golo KantéCM
  7. 19Mason MountLM
  8. 8Ross BarkleyRM
  9. 18Olivier GiroudF
  10. 22Christian PulisicLF
  11. 10WillianRF

Substitutes

  1. 3Marcos AlonsoSUB
  2. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  3. 12Ruben Loftus-CheekSUB
  4. 9Tammy AbrahamSUB
  5. 5JorginhoSUB
  6. 47Billy GilmourSUB
  7. 20Callum Hudson-OdoiSUB
  8. 11PedroSUB
  9. 2Antonio RüdigerSUB

WAT · 4-5-1

  1. 26Ben FosterG
  2. 4Craig DawsonCD-L
  3. 27Christian KabaseleCD-R
  4. 21Kiko FemeníaLB
  5. 6Adrian MariappaRB
  6. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréCM-L
  7. 14Nathaniel ChalobahCM-R
  8. 29Étienne CapoueAM
  9. 19Will HughesLM
  10. 23Ismaïla SarrRM
  11. 9Troy DeeneyF

Substitutes

  1. 37Roberto PereyraSUB
  2. 1Heurelho GomesSUB
  3. 17João PedroSUB
  4. 11Adam MasinaSUB
  5. 25José HolebasSUB
  6. 15Craig CathcartSUB
  7. 18Andre GraySUB
  8. 8Tom CleverleySUB
  9. 10Danny WelbeckSUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Etienne Capoue (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Goal! Chelsea 1, Watford 0. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ross Barkley with a through ball.
  3. 43' Goal! Chelsea 2, Watford 0. Willian (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  4. 49' Adrian Mariappa (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 58' Substitution, Watford. Danny Welbeck replaces Etienne Capoue.
  6. 64' Substitution, Watford. Adam Masina replaces Kiko Femenía.
  7. 64' Substitution, Watford. Tom Cleverley replaces Troy Deeney.
  8. 76' Substitution, Chelsea. Tammy Abraham replaces Olivier Giroud.
  9. 76' Substitution, Chelsea. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Willian.
  10. 76' Substitution, Chelsea. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Mason Mount.
  11. 78' Substitution, Chelsea. Billy Gilmour replaces N'Golo Kanté because of an injury.
  12. 83' Substitution, Watford. Roberto Pereyra replaces Ismaila Sarr.
  13. 86' VAR Decision: No Penalty Chelsea.
  14. 90'+2' Goal! Chelsea 3, Watford 0. Ross Barkley (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.

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