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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 30 (setup 4, season 37)
Chelsea
v.
Middlesbrough
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Marcin BULKA717Daniel BACHMANN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco72Emil KRAFTH
Lewis HALL37Milos KERKEZ
Mateo KOVACIC4Jonny HOWSON
THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA857Patrick McNAIR
Phil JONES67Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Noni MADUEKE677YUNUS Akgün
Solomon MARCH787Martin BRAITHWAITE
Romelu LUKAKU97Lukas NMECHA
Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín610James LEA SILIKI
Timo WERNER116RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho
Manager
Olivier GIROUD12Riley McGREE
Gabriel SLONINA13Zack STEFFEN
Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG146Isaiah JONES
Mattéo GUENDOUZI158Matt CROOKS
Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK616Hayden HACKNEY

Chelsea 3 Middlesbrough 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 45,249, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Lee PROBERT 5)
1 Lukaku, 8 March, 14 MarchScorers
77 Lukaku <=> Loftus-CheekSubstitutions60 Yunus <=> Crooks, 75 Ayala <=> Jones
Sendings off
80 Werner, 89 JonesBookings40 Braithwaite
2Corners3
4Fouls13
2Offsides0
6Shots on10
9Shots off5
15Total shots15
3Shots saved9
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Mateo KOVACIC
1GOAL!! A shot from LUKAKU bobbled through a ruck of players and rolled past the unsighted BACHMANN. (1-0 Chelsea)
2The Chelsea 'keeper blocked a neatly crafted shot from NMECHA.
7A wonderful save prevented LUKAKU from scoring a good goal.
8GOAL!! A short clearance dropped to KOVACIC who mishit a shot goalward, luckily MARCH was on hand to volley the ball into the net. (2-0 Chelsea)
9A header by NMECHA at the near post was comfortably collected by the Chelsea 'keeper.
11A poor strike from MARCH rolled agonisingly wide.
14GOAL!! A short backpass by KERKEZ enabled MARCH to nip in and slide the ball past the Middlesbrough 'keeper. (3-0 Chelsea)
15NMECHA beat AZPILICUETA but lashed the ball into the arms of BULKA.
19A lovely cross from BRAITHWAITE, was hit goalbound by RODRIGO MUNIZ only for BULKA to claw away.
20LUKAKU poked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
25A accurate pass was collected by MADUEKE and his looping shot flew narrowly wide.
40The referee cautions BRAITHWAITE.
42HOWSON nodded the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
 
46HOWSON floated the ball to NMECHA who fired it over.
50A cross from LEA SILIKI left HOWSON in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
55BULKA did well to hold onto a wicked shot from KERKEZ.
55MORATA blasted a deadly shot over from twenty-five yards out.
65A penalty box scramble resulted in HALL cracking a low shot over.
67A free-kick from BRAITHWAITE raced wide.
69LUKAKU was put clear by MADUEKE and he pulled away from the Middlesbrough 'keeper but drilled his shot inches over.
80A late challenge on HOWSON by WERNER results in a booking.
89The ref books JONES for a clinical challenge.