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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 1 (setup 5, season 18)
Chelsea
v.
Southampton
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Thibaut COURTOIS17Fraser FORSTER
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco727CÉDRIC Ricardo Alves Soares
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza3Ryan BERTRAND
NGolo KANTÉ46ORIOL ROMEU Vidal
Gary CAHILL5Virgil VAN DIJK
Branislav IVANOVIC66Simon KJÆR
Victor MOSES77Steve DAVIS
Eden HAZARD8Iker MUNIAIN Goñi
Olivier GIROUD9Graziano PELLÉ
Francesc FABREGAS Soler7106Charlie AUSTIN
Michy BATSHUAYI611Khouma El Hadji BABACAR
Manager
DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho12Mapou YANGA-MBIWA
Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO13Stuart TAYLOR
Danny DRINKWATER14Dennis AOGO
WILLIAN Borges da Silva15James WARD-PROWSE
OSCAR dos Santos Emboaba Júnior16Dusan TADIC

Chelsea 2 Southampton 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 49,290, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Andy D'URSO 6½)
6 Moses, 18 GiroudScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
7 Giroud, 19 CahillBookings53 Austin
4Corners6
9Fouls16
2Offsides2
6Shots on6
13Shots off3
19Total shots9
4Shots saved5
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Thibaut COURTOIS
3A corner found FABREGAS who headed an effort over.
5FORSTER saved a clever strike from BATSHUAYI.
5A twenty-five yard drive from MUNIAIN caused the Chelsea 'keeper little difficulty.
6GOAL!! A great dummy from KANTÉ allowed CAHILL to lay a perfect ball off to MOSES who glanced the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Chelsea)
7GIROUD booked by D'URSO for a late tackle.
8AUSTIN made space on the right and pulled the ball to MUNIAIN who fired the ball over.
9The bemused FORSTER stared in disbelief as a backpass from MUNIAIN dropped just wide.
10CAHILL stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post.
14MUNIAIN headed the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
17A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming FORSTER.
18GOAL!! A cross from AZPILICUETA was nodded away by KJÆR only for FABREGAS to volley the ball back into the box for GIROUD to force into the net. (2-0 Chelsea)
19CAHILL booked for arguing with the referee.
21HAZARD was put clear by AZPILICUETA and he raced past FORSTER but glanced his shot just beyond the near post.
31GIROUD hit a left foot shot over from twenty-five yards out.
39A shot from BABACAR was smothered by COURTOIS.
 
53AUSTIN booked.
57A useful ball from MOSES on the left bobbled toward CAHILL who mishit his shot inches over.
59A pin-point pass fell to MARCOS ALONSO and his deadly shot went narrowly wide.
61A great effort from FABREGAS scraped the woodwork.
73KJÆR headed over the bar.
79IVANOVIC waltzed round DAVIS and rifled a poor shot wide.
84A shot from BABACAR seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.