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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 3 (setup 4, season 27)
Darlington
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Hugo LLORIS17Claudio Andrés BRAVO Muñoz
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Kyle WALKER27Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
Leighton BAINES37Baba RAHMAN
Luka MODRIC748NGolo KANTÉ
Daniele DE ROSSI5DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho
Chris SMALLING66Branislav IVANOVIC
Francesc FABREGAS Soler7Danny DRINKWATER
Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA787Eden HAZARD
Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI98DIEGO da Silva COSTA
Mario GOMEZ10Miralem PJANIC
Stevan JOVETIC6116PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma
Manager
Danny WELBECK12WILLIAN Borges da Silva
Gregory VAN DER WIEL13Sergio Germán ROMERO
Thomas VERMAELEN14Loïc RÉMY
Samir NASRI15Tranquillo BARNETTA
Aleksei BEREZUTSKY16Michy BATSHUAYI

Darlington 1 Chelsea 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 24,954, Stadium: Heritage Park, Referee: Rob STYLES 5½)
12 BalotelliScorers
61 Gomez <=> VermaelenSubstitutions
Sendings off
32 Smalling, 66 De RossiBookings25 Pjanic, 89 Pedro
4Corners4
9Fouls7
6Offsides6
5Shots on8
6Shots off3
11Total shots11
3Shots saved8
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: NGolo KANTÉ
6A shot from DI MARÍA was smothered by the 'keeper.
9A wonderful save prevented HAZARD from scoring a great goal.
10A drive from KANTÉ seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball clear.
12GOAL!! A cross from SMALLING was touched away by DAVID LUIZ only for JOVETIC to volley the ball back into the box for BALOTELLI to force over the line. (1-0 Darlington)
15The Chelsea 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce drive from Darlington's FABREGAS.
19DI MARÍA rushed a simple chance.
21The 'keeper saved a glorious effort from DIEGO COSTA.
24WALKER headed inches over.
25PJANIC booked for gamesmanship.
31DI MARÍA beat HAZARD and drilled the ball to BALOTELLI who toe-poked his shot wide.
32The referee cautions SMALLING for violent conduct against PJANIC.
39A refined pass from BALOTELLI, was slammed goalbound by DI MARÍA only for BRAVO to palm clear.
 
48A perfect shot from DIEGO COSTA was dealt with by a useful block from the Darlington 'keeper.
51A strike from WALKER held no problem for the Chelsea 'keeper.
53A cross from PJANIC left DAVID LUIZ in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
57FABREGAS ran onto a great ball from MODRIC but hit his shot wide.
62HAZARD brought the ball past MODRIC and rattled a weak shot wide.
66DE ROSSI given a yellow card by the ref for a clumsy tackle.
68A twenty-five yard shot from PEDRO caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
71PJANIC's shot beat the Darlington 'keeper but rebounded off the Darlington woodwork.
74A looping shot from PJANIC was pushed round the post by LLORIS.
82A free-kick from HAZARD floated wide.
84KANTÉ's shot was well held by the Darlington 'keeper.
86An exceptional effort from JOVETIC scraped the upright.
87VERMAELEN beat three Chelsea players and stroked a golden opportunity over the bar.
89PEDRO receives a yellow card for a poor challenge on DE ROSSI.