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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 4 (setup 1, season 32)
Chelsea
v.
Chester
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Thomas STRAKOSHA1DIEGO Alves Carreira
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Franck RIBÉRY726MEHMET Topal
Faouzi GHOULAM737Senad LULIC
ALLAN Marques Loureiro84LUIZ GUSTAVO Dias
Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada56Gabriel Armando de Abreu, GABRIEL PAULISTA
Stephan LICHTSTEINER866Holger BADSTUBER
Antonio CANDREVA76SELÇUK Inan
Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC8Eljero ELIA
Edin DZEKO69Seydou DOUMBIA
Wayne ROONEY106Steven DEFOUR
Domenico CRISCITO6116Loďc RÉMY
Dean WilliamsManager
Andrea CONTI712Jordi AMAT Maas
Norberto Murara, NETO13Jean Marie DONGOU Tsafack
Marcel HALSTENBERG14Mauro COPPOLARO
Lars STINDL15Patrice EVRŔ
Simone ZAZA16ADRIÁN MARÍN Gómez

Chelsea 2 Chester 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 53,183, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Paul TAYLOR 5½)
17 Rooney, 84 RooneyScorers
66 Criscito <=> Halstenberg, 66 Candreva <=> ContiSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners2
11Fouls23
6Offsides3
7Shots on1
23Shots off6
30Total shots7
5Shots saved1
62%Possession38%
Man of the match: Stephan LICHTSTEINER
2ROONEY shot wide.
4A right foot effort from ROONEY was stopped by the Chester 'keeper.
4The hapless Chelsea 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from CANDREVA fell just wide.
6A poor strike from ROONEY trickled agonisingly wide.
7ROONEY rushed a simple chance.
8A penalty box meleé resulted in LICHTSTEINER tapping a low shot over.
14A corner was collected by ELIA who forced an effort inches over.
17GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from MILINKOVIC-SAVIC struck the upright and in the ensuing scramble the ball was kicked into the net by ROONEY. (1-0 Chelsea)
21A useful ball from CRISCITO on the left was collected by ROONEY who scuffed his shot just beyond the far post.
27ROONEY rushed through the Chester defence but shot straight at the Chester 'keeper.
28RIBÉRY brought the ball round LUIZ GUSTAVO and poked a weak shot past the post.
29GHOULAM beat three Chester players and stroked an effort just beyond the far post.
31CRISCITO headed the ball wide from just inside the area.
41A shot from ROONEY was smothered by DIEGO.
 
47ROONEY headed inches over.
48ELIA was put clear by DEFOUR and he beat the 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar.
52A free-kick from LULIC flew just beyond the near post.
57Uncertainty in the Chelsea defence enabled GABRIEL PAULISTA to thump the ball wide.
63A great effort from CANDREVA scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
75A cross from MILINKOVIC-SAVIC left CONTI in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
84GOAL!! A brilliant ball from ALLAN left MILINKOVIC-SAVIC in the clear, he made DIEGO commit himself before squaring the ball to ROONEY to score. (2-0 Chelsea)
88RIBÉRY played the ball to ALLAN who touched it wide.