English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 10, 2021
Chelsea DWWLW 4
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Crystal Palace DDLWD 1
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CRY011
Selhurst Park

Match Report

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Pulisic brace vs. Crystal Palace keeps Chelsea on track for Champions League spot

Christian Pulisic scored a brace as Chelsea strolled to a comfortable 4-1 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
5
64.3
Possession
35.7
23
SHOTS
1
10
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
1.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
699
Accurate Passes
336
782
Passes
434
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
11
Accurate Crosses
2
25
Crosses
10
0.4
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
56
30
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
0
14
Effective Tackles
5
20
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
9
Interceptions
14
9
Effective Clearances
17
9
Clearances
17

Head to Head

CHE leads series 5-0

Lineups

CRY · 4-4-2

  1. 31Vicente GuaitaG
  2. 24Gary CahillCD-L
  3. 8Cheikhou KouyatéCD-R
  4. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 2Joel WardRB
  6. 44Jairo RiedewaldCM-L
  7. 4Luka MilivojevicCM-R
  8. 25Eberechi EzeLM
  9. 9Jordan AyewRM
  10. 11Wilfried ZahaCF-L
  11. 20Christian BentekeCF-R

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 16Édouard MendyG
  2. 15Kurt ZoumaCD
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaCD-R
  5. 17Mateo KovacicCM-L
  6. 5JorginhoCM-R
  7. 21Ben ChilwellLM
  8. 20Callum Hudson-OdoiRM
  9. 29Kai HavertzF
  10. 10Christian PulisicCF-L
  11. 19Mason MountCF-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Chelsea 1. Kai Havertz (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  2. 10' Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Chelsea 2. Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top left corner. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
  3. 29' Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 30' Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Chelsea 3. Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mason Mount with a cross following a set piece situation.
  5. 59' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jeffrey Schlupp replaces Eberechi Eze.
  6. 59' Substitution, Crystal Palace. James McCarthy replaces Jairo Riedewald.
  7. 61' Substitution, Chelsea. N'Golo Kanté replaces Jorginho.
  8. 63' Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Chelsea 3. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeffrey Schlupp with a cross.
  9. 76' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Andros Townsend replaces Jordan Ayew.
  10. 76' Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  11. 78' Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Chelsea 4. Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  12. 83' Substitution, Chelsea. Hakim Ziyech replaces Mateo Kovacic.

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