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Match report

English Footie
Premier League: Round 27 (setup 5, season 17)
Chelsea			v.	Stoke City
Formation: 4-3-3 League position: 4 Overall form: Home form:	Thibaut COURTOIS	6	1	7½	Jack BUTLAND	Formation: 4-3-3 League position: 14 Overall form: Home form:
	Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco	7½	2	6	Geoff CAMERON
	MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza	7½	3	7	Erik PIETERS
	NGolo KANTÉ	7½	4	6½	Darren FLETCHER
	Gary CAHILL	7	5	6½	Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada
	DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho	5½	6	5½	Ryan SHAWCROSS
	Victor MOSES	7½	7	6½	Charlie ADAM
	PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma	7½	8	7	Xherdan SHAQIRI
	DIEGO da Silva COSTA	6½	9	6	Peter CROUCH
	Francesc FABREGAS Soler	6½	10	6	BOJAN Krkic Pérez
	Michy BATSHUAYI	6	11	6½	Eric CHOUPO-MOTING
		Manager
	Branislav IVANOVIC		12		Saido BERAHINO
	Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO		13		FÁBIO Deivson Lopes Maciel
	OSCAR dos Santos Emboaba Júnior		14		Stephen IRELAND
	Todd KANE		15		Bruno MARTINS-INDI
	WILLIAN Borges da Silva	7	16		Oliver SHENTON

Chelsea 3 Stoke City 1 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 59,690, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Mark HALSEY 7½) 5 Pedro, 37 Fabregas, 62 Marcos Alonso Scorers 45+1p Crouch 47 David Luiz <=> Willian Substitutions Sendings off 39 Diego Costa Bookings 5 Corners 2 8 Fouls 10 5 Offsides 8 5 Shots on 8 9 Shots off 3 14 Total shots 11 2 Shots saved 6 55% Possession 45% Man of the match: PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma

1	A neatly crafted pass from PEDRO, was tapped goalbound by DIEGO COSTA only for BUTLAND to block.
3	SHAQIRI stepped inside DAVID LUIZ but placed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
4	A poor shot from PEDRO trickled agonisingly wide.
5	GOAL!! Unlucky BATSHUAYI hit the crossbar before PEDRO rattled the ball into the back of the net as CAMERON failed to clear. (1-0 Chelsea)
8	CROUCH waltzed away from KANTÉ and flicked a weak shot well wide.
11	An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of the 'keeper by PIETERS.
16	A thirty yard shot from SHAQIRI caused COURTOIS little difficulty.
17	FLETCHER beat three Chelsea players and slammed a shot inches over.
20	A corner bobbled toward FABREGAS who touched an effort over the bar.
28	A good effort from DIEGO COSTA scraped the woodwork.
33	DIEGO COSTA stabbed a simple chance past the righthand post.
34	A cross from KANTÉ left FABREGAS in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
37	GOAL!! Chelsea's FABREGAS beat two defenders before firing just inside BUTLAND's righthand post. (2-0 Chelsea)
39	A bad foul gets DIEGO COSTA a yellow card.
41	A pin-point pass found FABREGAS and his deadly shot went narrowly over.
43	A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming COURTOIS.
44	A free-kick from DIEGO COSTA raced wide.
45+1	GOAL!! A debatable penalty was awarded to Stoke City, after PEDRO had fouled ADAM, which CROUCH easily converted.
58	A penalty box scramble resulted in DIEGO COSTA cracking the ball wide.
59	The Chelsea 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce strike from CROUCH.
59	FLETCHER beat MARCOS ALONSO and blasted the ball to CHOUPO-MOTING who blasted his shot wide.
61	PEDRO shot wide.
62	GOAL!! A shot from PEDRO was hoofed off the line only for MARCOS ALONSO to drill the ball home. (3-1 Chelsea)
65	A strike from SHAQIRI held little difficulty for the Chelsea 'keeper.
90	A delightful save prevented FABREGAS from scoring a good goal.
90	The Chelsea 'keeper was able to block a powerful effort.