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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 35 (setup 4, season 39)
Chelsea
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Marcin BULKA1Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Kieran TRIPPIER62Frédéric GUILBERT
Lewis HALL737Yasser LAROUCI
Mateo KOVACIC47Pierre LEES-MELOU
Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco5Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA6Konstantinos MAVROPANOS
Mattéo GUENDOUZI67Stevan JOVETIC
Noni MADUEKE786Reiss NELSON
Romelu LUKAKU9Sasa KALAJDZIC
Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín10Salis ABDUL SAMED
Timo WERNER711Danny WELBECK
Manager
Olivier GIROUD12IGOR Julio dos Santos de Paulo
Gabriel SLONINA13Jon FLATT
Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG614Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Malang SARR15Rabbi MATONDO
Billy GILMOUR166Marcus MADDISON

Chelsea 2 Darlington 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 42,235, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Phil CROSSLEY 6½)
37p Lukaku, 55 WernerScorers2 Welbeck
78 Guendouzi <=> AubameyangSubstitutions85 Jovetic <=> Maddison
Sendings off
Bookings90+1 Nelson
2Corners2
2Fouls9
1Offsides0
6Shots on5
8Shots off9
14Total shots14
4Shots saved4
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Sasa KALAJDZIC
2GOAL!! Darlington's WELBECK beat two defenders before firing just inside BULKA's near post. (1-0 Darlington)
4WELBECK dummied THIAGO SILVA but slammed the ball into the arms of BULKA.
6KALAJDZIC rattled an easy chance past the far post.
17The Chelsea 'keeper managed to block a wicked shot.
20KALAJDZIC brought the ball round KOVACIC and flicked a tame shot well wide.
32AZPILICUETA was put clear by LUKAKU and he dummied the 'keeper but glanced his shot inches over.
34A deadly shot from GUILBERT was pushed round the post by the 'keeper.
37GOAL!! A foul on MADUEKE inside the area gave Chelsea a penalty which LUKAKU buried.
41JOVETIC chipped the ball to NELSON who forced it just wide.
42LEES-MELOU beat three Chelsea players and fired an effort over the bar.
 
49A great shot from KALAJDZIC was dealt with by a useful stop from BULKA.
55GOAL!! A terrible goal-kick was intercepted by KOVACIC who setup WERNER with a simple chance. (2-1 Chelsea)
58A useful ball from KOVACIC on the left fell to LUKAKU who mishit his shot just beyond the near post.
59A clever pass from WERNER, was hit goalbound by MORATA only for the Darlington 'keeper to palm clear.
62A accurate pass bobbled toward GUILBERT and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
73NELSON headed inches wide.
77A weak shot from MADUEKE bounced agonisingly wide.
84A free-kick from AUBAMEYANG went just beyond the near post.
88A cross from MADUEKE left LUKAKU in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
89MORATA fired a looping shot wide from twenty yards out.
90+1NELSON cautioned by CROSSLEY.
90+2The Darlington 'keeper saved a beautiful effort from LUKAKU.