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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 38 (setup 4, season 35)
Chelsea
v.
Boston United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Marcin BULKA71David OSPINA Ramírez
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Kieran TRIPPIER26Joey PELUPESSY
Lewis HALL3Jake WRIGHT
Mateo KOVACIC4Goran PANDEV
THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA65Gabriel Armando de Abreu, GABRIEL PAULISTA
Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco66Richard WOOD
Chukwunonso MADUEKE7Mattias KÄIT
Hakim ZIYECH86Aleksandar TONEV
Romelu LUKAKU9Wilfried BONY
Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín610Asamoah GYAN
Timo WERNER116Mame Biram DIOUF
Manager
Olivier GIROUD12Brad ABBOTT
Mattéo GUENDOUZI13Jan LASTUVKA
Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK14Jack SIMPSON
Malang SARR15Kane WILSON
Solomon MARCH16Ryan CRESSWELL

Chelsea 2 Boston United 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 45,242, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Darren DRYSDALE 6½)
28 Lukaku, 52 KovacicScorers39 Diouf
75 Thiago Silva <=> MarchSubstitutions
Sendings off
62 ZiyechBookings
2Corners2
6Fouls5
8Offsides2
12Shots on2
7Shots off7
19Total shots9
8Shots saved1
60%Possession40%
Man of the match: Mateo KOVACIC
4MORATA worked the ball to ZIYECH, WERNER collected his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of OSPINA.
9A corner found MADUEKE who turned an effort wide.
20KOVACIC beat PANDEV and whacked the ball to ZIYECH who fired his shot wide.
24ZIYECH stormed through the Boston United defence but shot straight at OSPINA.
28GOAL!! A sliced MADUEKE shot bobbled toward LUKAKU who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (1-0 Chelsea)
29ZIYECH shot over.
34A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing Boston United 'keeper.
39GOAL!! A two-fisted punch from the Chelsea 'keeper enabled DIOUF to volley the ball into the empty net. (1-1)
40HALL beat four Boston United players and drove a golden opportunity just wide.
42TRIPPIER fluffed an easy chance.
45+1A mix up in the Chelsea defence enabled DIOUF to volley an effort wide.
 
49A lovely effort from HALL scraped the outside of the post.
52GOAL!! KOVACIC waltzed forward, looked up and drove a shot into the Boston United net. (2-1 Chelsea)
53KÄIT floated the ball to BONY who nodded it just beyond the far post.
58A poor strike from PELUPESSY bounced agonisingly wide.
62ZIYECH cautioned by the referee.
65BONY waltzed round MADUEKE and rattled a weak shot wide.
67The hapless BULKA was a mere bystander as a backpass from TRIPPIER fell just wide.
72TONEV rattled an easy chance past the near post.
81A thirty yard drive from ZIYECH caused the Boston United 'keeper no problem.
88OSPINA dived to his right to save an accurate drive from Chelsea's WERNER.
90WERNER stepped inside WRIGHT but lashed the ball into the arms of the Boston United 'keeper.