English Premier League

FT Sunday, March 9, 2025
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Chelsea LLLWW 1
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Stamford Bridge · 39,750 att. · USA Net

Match Report

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Marc Cucurella strike sends Chelsea fourth as Cole Palmer misses penalty

Chelsea returned to the top four of the Premier League on Sunday but made heavy weather of their 1-0 victory over struggling Leicester City.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
12
7
Saves
3
43.4
Possession
56.6
3
SHOTS
20
3
ON GOAL
7
1.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
339
Accurate Passes
467
417
Passes
541
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
6
18
Crosses
26
0.1
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
48
17
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
8
12
Effective Tackles
9
18
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
5
Interceptions
10
36
Effective Clearances
21
36
Clearances
21

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Robert SánchezG
  2. 6Levi ColwillCD-L
  3. 4Tosin AdarabioyoCD-R
  4. 3Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 29Wesley FofanaRB
  6. 20Cole PalmerAM
  7. 25Moisés CaicedoLM
  8. 8Enzo FernándezRM
  9. 7Pedro NetoF
  10. 18Christopher NkunkuAM-L
  11. 19Jadon SanchoAM-R

LEI · 3-4-2-1

  1. 30Mads HermansenG
  2. 4Conor CoadyCD
  3. 33Luke ThomasCD-L
  4. 3Wout FaesCD-R
  5. 24Boubakary SoumaréCM-L
  6. 6Wilfred NdidiCM-R
  7. 16Victor KristiansenLM
  8. 2James JustinRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 11Bilal El KhannoussCF-L
  11. 20Patson DakaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 22' Penalty saved. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  2. 60' Goal! Chelsea 1, Leicester City 0. Marc Cucurella (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Enzo Fernández.
  3. 66' Substitution, Leicester City. Harry Winks replaces Boubakary Soumaré.
  4. 73' Substitution, Chelsea. Trevoh Chalobah replaces Wesley Fofana.
  5. 73' Substitution, Chelsea. Tyrique George replaces Cole Palmer.
  6. 73' Substitution, Leicester City. Facundo Buonanotte replaces Bilal El Khannouss.
  7. 83' Substitution, Leicester City. Bobby De Cordova-Reid replaces Victor Kristiansen.
  8. 84' Substitution, Leicester City. Stephy Mavididi replaces Patson Daka.
  9. 84' Substitution, Leicester City. Ricardo Pereira replaces James Justin.
  10. 89' Substitution, Chelsea. Josh Acheampong replaces Christopher Nkunku.
  11. 90'+6' Josh Acheampong (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

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