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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 12 (setup 4, season 37)
Southend United
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Brice SAMBA1Gabriel SLONINA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Milan VAN EWIJK27Malang SARR
Ethan PINNOCK73Lewis HALL
Hamza CHOUDHURY47Mattéo GUENDOUZI
Taylor HARWOOD-BELLIS758THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA
Scott McKENNA666Phil JONES
Muhamed BESIC78Chukwunonso MADUEKE
CARLES GIL de Pareja Vicent87Hakim ZIYECH
John GUIDETTI69Romelu LUKAKU
Josh GINNELLY6106Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
Simon COX6116Timo WERNER
Manager
Lee BUCHANAN12Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG
Paulo Dino GAZZANIGA13Marcin BULKA
Joe BRYAN14Mateo KOVACIC
Ryan LEONARD15Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK
Elvis BWOMONO16Olivier GIROUD

Southend United 2 Chelsea 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 13,256, Stadium: Roots Hall, Referee: Andy PENN 6, TV: live)
62 Harwood-Bellis, 75 CoxScorers18 Ziyech
46 McKenna <=> LeonardSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners4
26Fouls3
4Offsides10
10Shots on7
5Shots off7
15Total shots14
7Shots saved5
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA
2A header by COX at the near post was easily collected by the Chelsea 'keeper.
7A mix up in the Southend United defence enabled ZIYECH to thump an effort over.
11A clever pass from GUENDOUZI, was shot goalbound by MADUEKE only for SAMBA to claw away.
14PINNOCK's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
14A left foot effort from COX was saved by SLONINA.
18GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the Southend United 'keeper, GUENDOUZI was first to the loose ball and played the ball to ZIYECH to slide home. (1-0 Chelsea)
19A free-kick from ZIYECH went wide.
27LUKAKU beat GINNELLY but hit the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
29A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
31WERNER nodded the ball wide from just outside the area.
33CHOUDHURY rifled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
35An exceptional effort from GUENDOUZI scraped the top of the crossbar.
40An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of SLONINA by CARLES GIL.
 
50A cross from GINNELLY left GUIDETTI in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
59LEONARD was put clear by HARWOOD-BELLIS and he turned SLONINA but drilled his shot just wide.
61A tame shot from HARWOOD-BELLIS rolled agonisingly wide.
62GOAL!! A great ball from LEONARD left CARLES GIL in the clear, he made SLONINA commit himself before nudging the ball to HARWOOD-BELLIS to score. (1-1)
69A pin-point pass bobbled toward MORATA and his left foot shot floated narrowly over.
73A shot from PINNOCK was smothered by the Chelsea 'keeper.
75GOAL!! A nice run by BESIC on the left was capped by a wonderful cross which COX nodded home from inside the penalty box. (2-1 Southend United)
76A drive from LUKAKU seemed a certain goal but the Southend United 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
87LEONARD ran onto a wonderful ball from CARLES GIL but hit his shot wide of the lefthand post.