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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 25 (setup 1, season 32)
Chester
v.
Cheltenham Town
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
DIEGO Alves Carreira17Jan OBLAK
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Holger BADSTUBER628Blaise MATUIDI
Senad LULIC37Bruno MARTINS-INDI
LUIZ GUSTAVO Dias4OLIVER Torres Muñoz
Gabriel Armando de Abreu, GABRIEL PAULISTA57Jan VERTONGHEN
Jordi AMAT Maas67Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu
Steven DEFOUR7Stephan EL SHAARAWY
NATHAN Allan de Souza687Alexis Alejandro SÁNCHEZ Barbé
Seydou DOUMBIA9ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa de Oliveira
SELÇUK Inan10Thomas LEMAR
Haris SEFEROVIC7117DOUGLAS COSTA de Souza
ManagerLee Haigh
Loïc RÉMY12Ignazio ABATE
Antonio VUTOV13Anthony LOPES
Mauro COPPOLARO14Marcos Paulo Mesquita Lopes, RONY LOPES
ADRIÁN MARÍN Gómez15Wissam BEN YEDDER
RUBÉN Pardo Gutiérrez616Munir EL HADDADI Mohamed

Chester 0 Cheltenham Town 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 19,968, Stadium: Deva, Referee: Howard WEBB 7½)
Scorers84 Roberto Firmino
81 Seferovic <=> RubénSubstitutions
Sendings off
41 Defour, 43 NathanBookings
5Corners5
20Fouls15
4Offsides5
4Shots on11
1Shots off9
5Total shots20
4Shots saved8
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Blaise MATUIDI
2The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from DOUMBIA.
4A mix up in the Chester defence enabled SÁNCHEZ to volley the ball over.
7A tame strike from SÁNCHEZ trickled agonisingly wide.
10SÁNCHEZ ran onto a delightful ball from OLIVER but fumbled his shot wide.
17A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
17LUIZ GUSTAVO shot over.
23LEMAR's shot beat DIEGO but rebounded off the Chester post.
34LEMAR beat three Chester players and drove a golden opportunity over the bar.
38A deadly shot from ROBERTO FIRMINO was pushed round the post by the 'keeper.
41The ref books DEFOUR for a high foul.
43WEBB cautions NATHAN for violent conduct against MARTINS-INDI.
 
49SÁNCHEZ steamed through the Chester defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
52SÁNCHEZ's shot was well held by DIEGO.
58A great strike from DEFOUR was dealt with by a good parry from OBLAK.
67A shot from ROBERTO FIRMINO was headed off the line by GABRIEL PAULISTA.
68DOUGLAS COSTA worked the ball to MATUIDI, MARTINS-INDI latched onto his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of DIEGO.
70A penalty box scramble resulted in SÁNCHEZ knocking the ball over.
76SÁNCHEZ touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
77LEMAR blasted a right foot shot just beyond the far post from just outside the area.
83The bemused 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from NATHAN dropped just wide.
84GOAL!! A one-fisted punch from the 'keeper enabled ROBERTO FIRMINO to force the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Cheltenham Town)
89A thirty yard shot from SÁNCHEZ caused the 'keeper no problem.