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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 25 (setup 4, season 35)
Chelsea
v.
Middlesbrough
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Marcin BULKA615Zack STEFFEN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco27Emil KRAFTH
Solomon MARCH63Dael FRY
Mateo KOVACIC4Matt CROOKS
Malang SARR56Patrick McNAIR
Phil JONES666Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Mattéo GUENDOUZI776Jonny HOWSON
Hakim ZIYECH786Martin BRAITHWAITE
Romelu LUKAKU897Lukas NMECHA
Olivier GIROUD107RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho
Timo WERNER116Britt ASSOMBALONGA
Manager
Callum HUDSON-ODOI12Isaiah JONES
Kieran TRIPPIER13Daniel BACHMANN
Ross BARKLEY14Marcus TAVERNIER
Billy GILMOUR15Matthew HOPPE
Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín166Riley McGREE

Chelsea 2 Middlesbrough 3
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 42,288, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Jarnail SINGH 6½, TV: highlights)
11 Lukaku, 71 ZiyechScorers48p Nmecha, 51 Nmecha, 73p Nmecha
62 March <=> MorataSubstitutions58 Rodrigo Muniz <=> McGree
Sendings off
15 Ziyech, 47 SarrBookings61 Krafth
2Corners4
9Fouls11
0Offsides5
9Shots on6
7Shots off4
16Total shots10
6Shots saved3
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Romelu LUKAKU
3A drive from LUKAKU seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to palm the ball away.
6A penalty box scramble resulted in BRAITHWAITE knocking a low shot wide.
10NMECHA's header was well saved by BULKA.
11GOAL!! A delightful ball from AZPILICUETA left WERNER in the clear, he made STEFFEN commit himself before nudging the ball to LUKAKU to score. (1-0 Chelsea)
14GIROUD blasted a right foot shot over from close range.
15ZIYECH booked.
16A accurate pass fell to MCNAIR and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.
29ZIYECH brought the ball past MCNAIR and rifled a weak shot over the bar.
32NMECHA dummied JONES but lashed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
35SARR's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
36NMECHA clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
38A twenty yard drive from LUKAKU caused STEFFEN little difficulty.
40A corner bobbled toward WERNER who touched the ball over.
 
47A clumsy tackle on RODRIGO MUNIZ by SARR results in a booking.
48GOAL!! Middlesbrough were awarded a penalty after a foul on ASSOMBALONGA, and NMECHA put it past the 'keeper who managed to get a hand to the ball.
49An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of STEFFEN by LUKAKU.
51GOAL!! On the right wing CROOKS collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the penalty box for NMECHA to crack it into the roof of the net. (2-1 Middlesbrough)
61KRAFTH cautioned for a clinical foul on ZIYECH.
69A mix up in the Middlesbrough defence enabled GUENDOUZI to hit the ball over.
71GOAL!! An inswinging corner booted out by AYALA was lashed into the net by ZIYECH. (2-2)
73GOAL!! A foul on BRAITHWAITE inside the area gave Middlesbrough a penalty which NMECHA tucked away.
81LUKAKU played the ball to ZIYECH who forced it over the bar.