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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 2 (setup 4, season 35)
Middlesbrough
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Daniel BACHMANN61Marcin BULKA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Emil KRAFTH27Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
Kevin MBABU63Solomon MARCH
Matt CROOKS74Mateo KOVACIC
Patrick McNAIR57THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA
Dael FRY6Malang SARR
Jonny HOWSON77Mattéo GUENDOUZI
Martin BRAITHWAITE8Callum HUDSON-ODOI
Lukas NMECHA9Romelu LUKAKU
Marcus FORSS107Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
Britt ASSOMBALONGA611Timo WERNER
Manager
Marcus TAVERNIER12Olivier GIROUD
Daniel Sánchez AYALA13Hakim ZIYECH
James LEA SILIKI14Thierno BALLO
Riley McGREE15Phil JONES
RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho16Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK

Middlesbrough 0 Chelsea 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 39,397, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Patrick MILLER 6½)
Scorers44 Hudson-Odoi
Substitutions54 Azpilicueta <=> Ballo
Sendings off
41 McNairBookings
6Corners4
12Fouls4
3Offsides2
5Shots on6
5Shots off6
10Total shots12
5Shots saved5
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Solomon MARCH
12The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from BRAITHWAITE.
15HOWSON made space on the right and knocked the ball to NMECHA who touched the ball over.
21A useful ball from MBABU on the left fell to CROOKS who mishit his effort just beyond the far post.
27LUKAKU hoofed the ball wide from just inside the area.
35A poor strike from HUDSON-ODOI rolled agonisingly wide.
41MCNAIR cautioned for a late tackle.
44GOAL!! An imaginative AZPILICUETA played a delightful ball down the middle to HUDSON-ODOI who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (1-0 Chelsea)
 
47WERNER shot wide.
49NMECHA clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Chelsea 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
50A shot from HUDSON-ODOI was smothered by the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
51A penalty box meleé resulted in BRAITHWAITE cracking a low shot over.
55A mix up in the Chelsea defence enabled KRAFTH to crack the ball just beyond the far post.
58FORSS's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
64A lovely effort from KOVACIC scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
69HUDSON-ODOI chipped the ball to LUKAKU who forced it just beyond the far post.
70An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of the 'keeper by MARCH.
71MARCH's shot was well held by BACHMANN.
74BALLO waltzed away from HOWSON and stabbed a weak shot wide.
76A strike from HOWSON held no problem for the 'keeper.
77The Middlesbrough 'keeper was able to block a tame header from KOVACIC.
79NMECHA ran onto a great ball from CROOKS but toe-poked his effort wide.
83LUKAKU stormed through the Middlesbrough defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
87A shot from BRAITHWAITE seemed a certain goal but the Chelsea 'keeper managed to parry the ball away.