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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 5 (setup 4, season 29)
Darlington
v.
Swansea City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Hugo LLORIS1Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
MARCELO Vieira da Silva Junior627Jérémy PIED
Giorgio CHIELLINI837Pape N'diaye SOUARÉ
Luka MODRIC47RENATO Júnior Luz SANCHES
Daniele DE ROSSI85Gary CAHILL
Thomas VERMAELEN766Jordi AMAT Maas
Christian GENTNER7Luciano NARSINGH
Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA87Sam CLUCAS
Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI796Oli McBURNIE
Stevan JOVETIC10Wayne ROUTLEDGE
Danny WELBECK11Joel ASORO
Manager
Samir NASRI12Joe RODON
Jon FLATT13Erwin MULDER
Mario GOMEZ14Courtney BAKER-RICHARDSON
John BOSTOCK156Nathan DYER
Federico MACHEDA16Jefferson Antonio MONTERO Vite

Darlington 3 Swansea City 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 24,956, Stadium: Blackwell Meadows, Referee: Mark CLATTENBURG 6½)
19 Balotelli, 47 Balotelli, 51 WelbeckScorers
72 Di María <=> MachedaSubstitutions75 Pied <=> Dyer
Sendings off
71 VermaelenBookings
5Corners6
7Fouls21
5Offsides3
10Shots on3
9Shots off4
19Total shots7
7Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Giorgio CHIELLINI
2A shot from BALOTELLI held no problem for the 'keeper.
5A pin-point pass found BALOTELLI and his left foot effort flew narrowly over.
12CLUCAS hit a left foot shot over from long range.
13The 'keeper saved a curling shot from JOVETIC.
14An exceptional effort from SOUARÉ scraped the outside of the righthand post.
17CLUCAS was put clear by PIED and he turned the 'keeper but rammed his shot just wide.
19GOAL!! A quick-witted BALOTELLI pounced on a loose ball on the right and made no mistake. (1-0 Darlington)
31The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from CLUCAS.
41A fine ball from JOVETIC on the right bobbled toward DI MARÍA who scuffed his shot over the bar.
44A header by DI MARÍA at the far post was easily collected by IRAIZOZ.
 
47GOAL!! The creative WELBECK neatly headed on a cross for BALOTELLI to hammer the ball in. (2-0 Darlington)
51GOAL!! A great solo effort from WELBECK who beat two defenders before blasting the ball into the back of the net. (3-0 Darlington)
55JOVETIC chipped the ball to MODRIC who headed it inches over.
60The Swansea City 'keeper parried a refined strike from BALOTELLI.
64DI MARÍA headed over.
68A cross from MODRIC left CHIELLINI in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
69The Swansea City 'keeper was able to claw away a wicked effort.
71The referee books VERMAELEN.
72GENTNER made space on the left and dragged the ball to JOVETIC who rasped the ball over.
75NARSINGH worked the ball to MCBURNIE, CLUCAS collected his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the Darlington 'keeper.
86GENTNER headed the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
88A twenty-five yard shot from ROUTLEDGE caused the Darlington 'keeper no problem.