English FA Cup

FT Sunday, March 17, 2024
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Chelsea DLWDW 4
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Match Report

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Chelsea survive scare from Leicester to reach FA Cup semis

Carney Chukwuemeka and Noni Madueke scored late goals to earn Chelsea a 4-2 win over Leicester on Sunday and a place in a the FA Cup semifinals.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
0
40.5
Possession
59.5
5
SHOTS
26
1
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
325
Accurate Passes
497
400
Passes
584
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
20
0.4
Cross %
0.3
40
Long Balls
51
14
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
8
9
Effective Tackles
10
21
Tackles
20
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
6
33
Effective Clearances
11
33
Clearances
11

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Robert SánchezG
  2. 14Trevoh ChalobahCD-L
  3. 2Axel DisasiCD-R
  4. 3Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 27Malo GustoRB
  6. 10Mykhailo MudrykAM
  7. 23Conor GallagherLM
  8. 25Moisés CaicedoRM
  9. 15Nicolas JacksonF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingAM-L
  11. 20Cole PalmerAM-R

LEI · 4-3-3

  1. 41Jakub StolarczykG
  2. 23Jannik VestergaardCD-L
  3. 3Wout FaesCD-R
  4. 5Callum DoyleLB
  5. 17Hamza ChoudhuryRB
  6. 8Harry WinksCM
  7. 22Kiernan Dewsbury-HallLM
  8. 25Wilfred NdidiRM
  9. 20Patson DakaF
  10. 10Stephy MavididiLF
  11. 18Fatawu IssahakuRF

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Chelsea 1, Leicester City 0. Marc Cucurella (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nicolas Jackson following a fast break.
  2. 26' Penalty saved. Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  3. 45'+1' Goal! Chelsea 2, Leicester City 0. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  4. 51' Own Goal by Axel Disasi, Chelsea. Chelsea 2, Leicester City 1.
  5. 62' Goal! Chelsea 2, Leicester City 2. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
  6. 63' Substitution, Leicester City. Yunus Akgün replaces Abdul Fatawu.
  7. 67' Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 73' Callum Doyle (Leicester City) is shown the red card.
  9. 75' Substitution, Leicester City. James Justin replaces Stephy Mavididi.
  10. 78' Substitution, Leicester City. Conor Coady replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
  11. 78' Substitution, Chelsea. Carney Chukwuemeka replaces Mykhailo Mudryk.
  12. 86' Substitution, Chelsea. Noni Madueke replaces Raheem Sterling.
  13. 90' Substitution, Chelsea. Ben Chilwell replaces Marc Cucurella.
  14. 90'+2' Goal! Chelsea 3, Leicester City 2. Carney Chukwuemeka (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cole Palmer with a through ball.
  15. 90'+6' Conor Coady (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+8' Goal! Chelsea 4, Leicester City 2. Noni Madueke (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Malo Gusto.

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