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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 16 (setup 4, season 39)
Darlington
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Hugo LLORIS1Marcin BULKA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Neco WILLIAMS2Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
Yasser LAROUCI3Lewis HALL
Pierre LEES-MELOU47Mateo KOVACIC
Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO75THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA
Konstantinos MAVROPANOS66Malang SARR
Frédéric GUILBERT67Noni MADUEKE
Reiss NELSON78Callum HUDSON-ODOI
Sasa KALAJDZIC797Romelu LUKAKU
Salis ABDUL SAMED10Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
Stevan JOVETIC6117Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG
Manager
Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI12Juan FAMILIA-CASTILLO
Jon FLATT13Gabriel SLONINA
Federico MACHEDA14Hakim ZIYECH
Rabbi MATONDO15Olivier GIROUD
Eli KING16Mattéo GUENDOUZI

Darlington 1 Chelsea 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 24,823, Stadium: Blackwell Meadows, Referee: Scott MATHIESON 6½)
21 Abdul SamedScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings35 Azpilicueta, 83 Morata
6Corners0
8Fouls8
0Offsides4
4Shots on4
2Shots off8
6Total shots12
3Shots saved4
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA
3HUDSON-ODOI snapped at an easy chance.
7The 'keeper saved a lovely shot from KALAJDZIC.
17A free-kick from MORATA raced just beyond the near post.
18A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Darlington 'keeper.
21GOAL!! A mix up between AZPILICUETA and the 'keeper allowed ABDUL SAMED to crack the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Darlington)
29The 'keeper dived to his left to stop an accurate drive from Chelsea's AUBAMEYANG.
35A high tackle gets AZPILICUETA a yellow card.
37MORATA beat MAVROPANOS and fired the ball to AUBAMEYANG who toe-poked his effort wide.
42JOVETIC rasped the ball through a ruck of players but BULKA was a match for it as he dived to his right.
43LUKAKU beat LEES-MELOU but slammed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
 
49A great effort from LUKAKU scraped the upright.
52The motionless Darlington 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from LAROUCI dropped just over.
56GUILBERT chipped the ball to JOVETIC who forced it just beyond the far post.
70A corner found MADUEKE who flicked an effort inches over.
71A great save prevented HALL from scoring a great goal.
76NELSON waltzed away from HALL and stabbed a poor shot over the bar.
83MORATA booked.
85A right foot shot from JOVETIC was pushed over by the 'keeper.
90A fine ball from AUBAMEYANG on the right was collected by HUDSON-ODOI who sliced his shot over the bar.
90+1HUDSON-ODOI headed the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.