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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 41 (setup 4, season 35)
Bradford City
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
JÚLIO CÉSAR Soares de Espínola515Marcin BULKA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Brad HALLIDAY26Kieran TRIPPIER
THIAGO Carleto Alves638Lewis HALL
Georginio WIJNALDUM4Mateo KOVACIC
Joe WORRALL65Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
Paudie O'CONNOR6Malang SARR
Sofiane FEGHOULI77Chukwunonso MADUEKE
Iker MUNIAIN Gońi788Hakim ZIYECH
Andy COOK9Romelu LUKAKU
Richard SMALLWOOD610Olivier GIROUD
Shay McCARTAN11Timo WERNER
Manager
Oscar THRELKELD12Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
Joe RILEY13Mattéo GUENDOUZI
Lee ANGOL14Solomon MARCH
Reece STAUNTON15Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK
Callum COOKE616Callum HUDSON-ODOI

Bradford City 1 Chelsea 4
(Half-time: 1-3, Attendance: 24,254, Stadium: Valley Parade, Referee: Steve BRATT 6)
27 MuniainScorers29 Kovacic, 33 Lukaku, 37 Kovacic, 75p Lukaku
70 Cook <=> Angol, 81 Feghouli <=> CookeSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners0
17Fouls5
6Offsides7
4Shots on8
2Shots off6
6Total shots14
2Shots saved4
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Mateo KOVACIC
1The Bradford City 'keeper saved a swerving effort from GIROUD.
8A strike from COOK held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
14BULKA dived to his right to save an accurate shot from Bradford City's FEGHOULI.
15A delightful save prevented HALL from scoring a good goal.
23A shot from LUKAKU seemed a certain goal but JÚLIO CÉSAR managed to palm the ball away.
23WERNER shot wide.
27GOAL!! A swerving outswinging corner was nodded in at the near post by MUNIAIN. (1-0 Bradford City)
28KOVACIC headed over.
29GOAL!! KOVACIC brought the ball forward, looked up and drove a shot into the Bradford City net. (1-1)
33GOAL!! A MADUEKE run down the left resulted in a perfect cross for LUKAKU to crack in. (2-1 Chelsea)
37GOAL!! After being forced wide KOVACIC managed to force the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (3-1 Chelsea)
39The 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from SMALLWOOD.
 
53WERNER was put clear by GIROUD and he stepped inside JÚLIO CÉSAR but rammed his shot over the bar.
57A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming Bradford City 'keeper.
67A tame strike from FEGHOULI trickled agonisingly wide.
71ZIYECH snapped at a simple chance.
75GOAL!! LUKAKU flicked a penalty beyond the 'keeper after SMALLWOOD had handled just inside the area.
85The motionless 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from HALLIDAY fell just wide.
86WIJNALDUM made space on the left and touched the ball to ANGOL who clipped the ball over.
89MADUEKE beat three Bradford City players and drove a great chance wide.