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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 4, season 28)
Sheffield United
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Pierluigi GOLLINI16Claudio Andrés BRAVO Muñoz
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
John EGAN62Dujon STERLING
Derick Katuku TSHIMANGA837EMERSON PALMIERI dos Santos
Chris BASHAM4NGolo KANTÉ
Daniel WILLIAMS5Andreas CHRISTENSEN
Andreas BJELLAND6DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho
George BALDOCK67Danny DRINKWATER
Mark DUFFY688Eden HAZARD
Billy SHARP9Olivier GIROUD
Leon CLARKE610Miralem PJANIC
Caolan LAVERY116PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma
Manager
Jake WRIGHT12Michy BATSHUAYI
Simon MOORE13Sergio Germán ROMERO
Clayton DONALDSON14WILLIAN Borges da Silva
Paul COUTTS156Ethan AMPADU
Ricky HOLMES616Tiemoué BAKAYOKO

Sheffield United 1 Chelsea 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 29,939, Stadium: Bramall Lane, Referee: Graham SALISBURY 7½)
83 SharpScorers34 Pjanic, 45 Hazard, 64 Hazard
80 Basham <=> HolmesSubstitutions79 Drinkwater <=> Ampadu
Sendings off
85 DuffyBookings52 David Luiz, 65 Giroud, 90 Sterling
1Corners2
6Fouls9
4Offsides3
5Shots on10
8Shots off8
13Total shots18
4Shots saved5
38%Possession62%
Man of the match: Eden HAZARD
3DUFFY drove a deadly shot just beyond the far post from just outside the area.
4A thirty yard shot from GIROUD caused GOLLINI little difficulty.
20A great save prevented HAZARD from scoring an exceptional goal.
22KANTÉ beat DUFFY and drove the ball to HAZARD who toe-poked his shot wide.
25A drive from PJANIC seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to palm the ball away.
34GOAL!! A delightful dribble from GIROUD gave KANTÉ space on the right and PJANIC poked in his pin-point pass. (1-0 Chelsea)
40EMERSON PALMIERI rattled a simple chance past the far post.
41DAVID LUIZ beat two Sheffield United players and blasted a shot over the bar.
45GOAL!! Chelsea's HAZARD beat two defenders before firing just inside GOLLINI's far post. (2-0 Chelsea)
45+2Uncertainty in the Chelsea defence enabled SHARP to crack an effort just beyond the near post.
 
51GIROUD ran onto a wonderful ball from KANTÉ but hit his shot wide.
52A clinical tackle gets DAVID LUIZ a yellow card.
53The bemused 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from STERLING dropped just wide.
64GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled HAZARD to slide the ball into the net. (3-0 Chelsea)
65The referee books GIROUD for an off-the-ball incident against BALDOCK.
69A cross from DUFFY left SHARP in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
72DUFFY floated the ball to BALDOCK who forced it just beyond the near post.
83A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing Chelsea 'keeper.
83GOAL!! A cross from the right was headed down by EGAN for SHARP to score. (3-1 Chelsea)
85DUFFY cautioned by the ref.
88HAZARD scuffed a simple chance.
90SALISBURY yellow cards STERLING for a clumsy tackle.