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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 31 (setup 4, season 37)
Barnsley
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Robert Lynch SÁNCHEZ1Marcin BULKA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Dimitri CAVARÉ2Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
Ryan HEDGES63Lewis HALL
Joe WILLIAMS4Mateo KOVACIC
Matty PEARSON58THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA
Robbie CUNDY6Phil JONES
Jon RUSSELL7Noni MADUEKE
Takuma ASANO88Solomon MARCH
Kieffer MOORE69Romelu LUKAKU
Claudio GOMES610Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
Devante COLE611Timo WERNER
Manager
Jason McCARTHY12Olivier GIROUD
Nick TOWNSEND13Gabriel SLONINA
Adam JACKSON14Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG
Jasper MOON15Mattéo GUENDOUZI
FELIPE ARARUNA Hoffmann16Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK

Barnsley 0 Chelsea 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 23,090, Stadium: Oakwell, Referee: MELLIN 6½)
Scorers9 Kovacic, 45 Hall, 81 Loftus-Cheek
Substitutions77 Lukaku <=> Loftus-Cheek
Sendings off
8 AsanoBookings
4Corners2
10Fouls2
3Offsides3
5Shots on8
2Shots off13
7Total shots21
4Shots saved5
37%Possession63%
Man of the match: Mateo KOVACIC
2The Chelsea 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely drive from Barnsley's GOMES.
3A cross from KOVACIC left MORATA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
5A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Barnsley 'keeper.
6ASANO turned HALL but fired the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
8ASANO booked for a clumsy tackle.
9GOAL!! A mishit backpass by PEARSON enabled KOVACIC to run in and drill the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Chelsea)
12A shot from COLE seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
14A accurate pass was collected by MOORE and his looping shot went narrowly over.
21AZPILICUETA shot wide.
26An exceptional shot from MADUEKE was dealt with by a good stop from the Barnsley 'keeper.
28WERNER knocked the ball to MARCH who headed it wide.
33Uncertainty in the Barnsley defence enabled MARCH to volley an effort over the bar.
36ASANO's shot beat BULKA but rebounded off the Chelsea upright.
41A shot from ASANO held no problem for the 'keeper.
45GOAL!! As HEDGES was trying to hold back THIAGO SILVA the ball fell to HALL who tapped the ball into the net. (2-0 Chelsea)
 
56WERNER made space on the right and touched the ball to LUKAKU who fired the ball over.
67A corner was collected by LUKAKU who nodded the ball wide.
71WERNER ran onto a great ball from MORATA but fumbled his shot wide.
75JONES beat three Barnsley players and slammed a golden opportunity over the bar.
80A free-kick from LOFTUS-CHEEK raced over.
81GOAL!! A hefty goal-kick from HALL caught the Barnsley defence square and LOFTUS-CHEEK raced through to easily score. (3-0 Chelsea)
84A penalty box meleé resulted in THIAGO SILVA tapping the ball over.