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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 4 (setup 5, season 18)
Middlesbrough
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Brad GUZAN616Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Tomás KALAS27Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
George FRIEND637MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
Nuri SAHIN4NGolo KANTÉ
Ben GIBSON57Gary CAHILL
Aristidis SOILEDIS66Branislav IVANOVIC
Jonny HOWSON7Victor MOSES
Viktor FISCHER68Eden HAZARD
Cristhian Ricardo STUANI Curbelo97Olivier GIROUD
Marten DE ROON610DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho
Patrick BAMFORD6116PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma
Manager
Gastón Exequiel RAMÍREZ Pereyra12WILLIAN Borges da Silva
Stewart DOWNING13Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO
Grant LEADBITTER147Matt MIAZGA
Michelangelo ALBERTAZZI715Alex DAVEY
James HUSBAND16Francesc FABREGAS Soler

Middlesbrough 1 Chelsea 3
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 34,929, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Carl BOYESON 6)
14 GibsonScorers16 Giroud, 32 Kanté, 81 Hazard
49 Gibson <=> AlbertazziSubstitutions51 Marcos Alonso <=> Miazga, 57 Azpilicueta <=> Davey
Sendings off
Bookings6 Hazard, 52 Kanté, 63 David Luiz
1Corners2
6Fouls14
7Offsides6
7Shots on6
7Shots off9
14Total shots15
5Shots saved2
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: NGolo KANTÉ
6The referee books HAZARD for an off-the-ball incident against SOILEDIS.
8GIROUD ran onto a delightful ball from MOSES but fired his shot wide of the goal.
14GOAL!! A deep goal-kick from FRIEND caught the Chelsea defence napping and GIBSON rushed through to round the 'keeper and score. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
16GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed MOSES to touch the ball to GIROUD who drove a right foot shot into the net. (1-1)
21AZPILICUETA rattled a simple chance past the near post.
24A free-kick from DE ROON floated wide.
31GIROUD made space on the right and dragged the ball to DAVID LUIZ who fired the ball wide.
32GOAL!! A free-kick was punched clear by the 'keeper, PEDRO was first to the loose ball and chipped the ball to KANTÉ to drill home. (2-1 Chelsea)
33STUANI beat AZPILICUETA but slammed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
40GIBSON was put clear by SAHIN and he beat the 'keeper but thrust his shot wide.
42BAMFORD's shot beat COURTOIS but rebounded off the Chelsea crossbar.
45MARCOS ALONSO shot wide.
 
48MOSES beat GIBSON and whacked the ball to GIROUD who dragged his shot wide.
49DE ROON brought the ball away from KANTÉ and rattled a weak shot into the crowd.
52KANTÉ booked by BOYESON for a clumsy tackle.
54A pin-point pass bobbled toward BAMFORD and his deadly shot floated narrowly over.
57HOWSON snapped at an easy chance.
63DAVID LUIZ receives a yellow card by BOYESON.
75HAZARD's header was well saved by the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
81GOAL!! A weak drive from HAZARD seemed to hold little difficulty for the 'keeper but the ball somehow bobbled over the line. (3-1 Chelsea)
85A poor shot from HAZARD bounced agonisingly wide.
88The 'keeper was able to claw away a weak header from MIAZGA.