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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 21 (setup 1, season 29)
Chelsea
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-4-2
Overall form:
Home form:
Federico MARCHETTI16Ron-Robert ZIELER
Formation:
4-1-3-2
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Sébastien CORCHIA828Davide ZAPPACOSTA
Ervin ZUKANOVIC637Domenico CRISCITO
Augusto Matías FERNÁNDEZ747Rúben Afonso Borges SEMEDO
Tomás HUBOCAN857Diego Alfredo LUGANO Moreno
BRUNO Soriano Llido6Aymen ABDENNOUR
Bryan Jafet RUIZ González877Florian THAUVIN
Marten DE ROON8Thiago MOTTA
Max KRUSE896Valère GERMAIN
RAFFAEL Caetano de Araújo107LUCAS Pérez Martínez
Diego PEROTTI7117Iñaki WILLIAMS Arthuer
Dean WilliamsManagerChris Barber
Laurens DE BOCK12Gianluca CAPRARI
Lukasz FABIANSKI13Benoît COSTIL
JAIRO Samperio Bustara714RÚBEN Miguel Nunes VEZO
JONATHAN VIERA Ramos15Leonardo Bonatini Lohner Maia, LÉO BONATINI
Sergio CANALES Madrazo16Lamine KONÉ

Chelsea 2 Cardiff City 3
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 71,577, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Kenny STAMATOPOULOS 8½)
17 Raffael, 63 RaffaelScorers41 Lucas, 74 Lucas, 77 Lucas
76 Zukanovic <=> Jairo, 76 Fernández <=> CanalesSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings17 Williams, 36 Semedo, 81 Motta
4Corners12
9Fouls11
11Offsides13
8Shots on7
4Shots off7
12Total shots14
5Shots saved4
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Sébastien CORCHIA
15A twenty yard shot from KRUSE caused the Cardiff City 'keeper little difficulty.
17A high challenge on CORCHIA by WILLIAMS results in a booking.
17GOAL!! A long clearance by the Chelsea 'keeper beat the Cardiff City defence and RAFFAEL slammed the ball beyond the oncoming ZIELER. (1-0 Chelsea)
29The Chelsea 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from LUCAS.
31The Cardiff City 'keeper saved a swerving shot from RAFFAEL.
36STAMATOPOULOS cautions SEMEDO.
41GOAL!! A poor backpass by CORCHIA enabled LUCAS to nip in and crack the ball past MARCHETTI. (1-1)
43The Cardiff City 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful shot.
43ZAPPACOSTA fluffed a simple chance.
 
46A penalty box meleé resulted in GERMAIN tapping a low shot over.
47Uncertainty in the Cardiff City defence enabled RAFFAEL to crack an effort just beyond the near post.
59KRUSE's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Cardiff City crossbar.
63GOAL!! A quick-witted RAFFAEL pounced on a loose ball on the left and made no mistake. (2-1 Chelsea)
73A accurate pass was collected by RAFFAEL and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.
74GOAL!! A delightful dummy from GERMAIN allowed ZAPPACOSTA to lay a low ball off to LUCAS who rammed the ball into the net. (2-2)
75KRUSE galloped through the Cardiff City defence but shot straight at the Cardiff City 'keeper.
77GOAL!! A Cardiff City counter-attack allowed WILLIAMS to setup LUCAS with a simple goal. (3-2 Cardiff City)
81MOTTA booked for an off-the-ball incident.
85A poor shot from LUCAS rolled agonisingly wide.
85The stunned 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from ZAPPACOSTA fell just wide.
87WILLIAMS beat three Chelsea players and drove a great chance just beyond the near post.
87GERMAIN stabbed a simple chance past the lefthand post.