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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 2 (setup 5, season 17)
Chelsea
v.
Middlesbrough
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Thibaut COURTOIS71VÍCTOR VALDÉS Arribas
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco2Emilio NSUE López
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza737George FRIEND
NGolo KANTÉ46Marten DE ROON
Gary CAHILL5Ben GIBSON
Branislav IVANOVIC766Bernardo José ESPINOSA Zuñiga
Victor MOSES7Cristhian Ricardo STUANI Curbelo
Eden HAZARD8Gastón Exequiel RAMÍREZ Pereyra
DIEGO da Silva COSTA9Álvaro NEGREDO Sánchez
WILLIAN Borges da Silva10Enrique García Martínez, KIKE
PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma711Viktor FISCHER
Manager
Robert KENEDY Nunes do Nascimento12Patrick BAMFORD
Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO13René ADLER
Todd KANE14Jonny HOWSON
OSCAR dos Santos Emboaba Júnior15Stewart DOWNING
Francesc FABREGAS Soler16Carlos María DE PENA Bonino

Chelsea 3 Middlesbrough 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 44,471, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Paul TAYLOR 5)
1 Diego Costa, 5 Pedro, 8og NegredoScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
8Corners6
4Fouls6
6Offsides8
6Shots on2
15Shots off1
21Total shots3
3Shots saved2
60%Possession40%
Man of the match: NGolo KANTÉ
1GOAL!! An imaginative AZPILICUETA played a delightful ball down the left to DIEGO COSTA who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (1-0 Chelsea)
5GOAL!! After a good build-up PEDRO drove the ball past the 'keeper. (2-0 Chelsea)
8GOAL!! A shot from WILLIAN deflected off the legs of NEGREDO and rolled past the helpless VÍCTOR VALDÉS and into the net.
11MOSES dribbled past ESPINOSA and rattled a tame shot wide.
11CAHILL scuffed an easy chance.
14DIEGO COSTA rifled a simple chance past the righthand post.
16DIEGO COSTA beat RAMÍREZ and drove the ball to AZPILICUETA who fumbled his shot wide.
16An exceptional shot from MOSES was dealt with by a fine stop from VÍCTOR VALDÉS.
23A penalty box meleé resulted in CAHILL knocking a low shot over.
30DIEGO COSTA shot over.
32A cross from WILLIAN left CAHILL in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
33A free-kick from NEGREDO raced wide.
35A thirty yard shot from NEGREDO caused COURTOIS little difficulty.
43A refined pass from MOSES, was tapped goalbound by KANTÉ only for the Middlesbrough 'keeper to claw away.
 
46An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of the 'keeper by NEGREDO.
48A pin-point pass bobbled toward HAZARD and his looping shot went narrowly over.
51The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from STUANI fell just over.
56Uncertainty in the Middlesbrough defence enabled HAZARD to hit an effort wide.
62DIEGO COSTA's shot beat VÍCTOR VALDÉS but rebounded off the Middlesbrough woodwork.
75DIEGO COSTA hoofed the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
81MARCOS ALONSO ran onto a great ball from WILLIAN but toe-poked his shot wide of the lefthand post.
82A fine ball from MOSES on the left fell to KANTÉ who scuffed his shot wide.
86HAZARD headed just beyond the far post.
90A corner bobbled toward MOSES who turned an effort wide.