English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 27, 2022
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Chelsea WWWDL 2
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Stamford Bridge · 39,953 att.

Match Report

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Raheem Sterling carries 10-man Chelsea to 2-1 win vs. Leicester City

Raheem Sterling scored his first goals for Chelsea since signing from Manchester City this summer, as Chelsea beat Leicester City 2-1 on Saturday.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
3
11
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
4
54.9
Possession
45.1
17
SHOTS
7
5
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
456
Accurate Passes
372
524
Passes
446
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
34
Crosses
12
0.1
Cross %
0.3
41
Long Balls
58
25
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
12
17
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
6
14
Effective Clearances
25
14
Clearances
25

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-4-2

  1. 16Édouard MendyG
  2. 6Thiago SilvaCD-L
  3. 14Trevoh ChalobahCD-R
  4. 32Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 24Reece JamesRB
  6. 5JorginhoCM-L
  7. 23Conor GallagherCM-R
  8. 19Mason MountLM
  9. 12Ruben Loftus-CheekRM
  10. 17Raheem SterlingCF-L
  11. 29Kai HavertzCF-R

LEI · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Danny WardG
  2. 6Jonny EvansCD-L
  3. 18Daniel AmarteyCD-R
  4. 42Boubakary SoumaréDM
  5. 2James JustinLB
  6. 27Timothy CastagneRB
  7. 22Kiernan Dewsbury-HallCM-L
  8. 8Youri TielemansCM-R
  9. 7Harvey BarnesLM
  10. 26Dennis PraetRM
  11. 9Jamie VardyF

Timeline

  1. 22' Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Second yellow card to Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) for a bad foul.
  3. 31' Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Dennis Praet (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. César Azpilicueta replaces Mason Mount.
  6. 47' Goal! Chelsea 1, Leicester City 0. Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Marc Cucurella.
  7. 55' Substitution, Leicester City. Ayoze Pérez replaces Dennis Praet.
  8. 55' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Boubakary Soumaré.
  9. 63' Goal! Chelsea 2, Leicester City 0. Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Reece James with a cross.
  10. 66' Goal! Chelsea 2, Leicester City 1. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
  11. 75' Substitution, Chelsea. Mateo Kovacic replaces Jorginho.
  12. 75' Substitution, Chelsea. Christian Pulisic replaces Raheem Sterling.
  13. 89' Substitution, Leicester City. Wilfred Ndidi replaces Youri Tielemans.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, Chelsea. Ben Chilwell replaces Marc Cucurella.
  15. 90'+3' Kai Havertz (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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