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Commentary
The 'keeper managed to claw away a fierce shot.
NKANTÉ brought the ball past BONUCCI and rattled a tame shot past the post.
11¹NKANTÉ beat GAMEIRO and drove the ball to PJANIC who fumbled his shot wide.
13¹GOAL!! On the right wing IVANOVIC collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for DIEGO COSTA to flick it over the line. (1-0 Chelsea)
15¹A shot from HIGUAÍN was smothered by the Chelsea 'keeper.
16¹GOAL!! A refined set-piece enabled PEDRO to slip the ball home. (2-0 Chelsea)
18¹DAVID LUIZ headed inches wide.
23¹The referee books NKANTÉ for dangerous play against FILIPE LUIS.
26¹GOAL!! A deep cross by VERTONGHEN was met by FILIPE LUIS who stormed in to score. (2-1 Chelsea)
29¹HAZARD nodded the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
29¹HIGUAÍN ran onto a great ball from MUNIAIN but toe-poked his shot wide of the lefthand post.
36¹GOAL!! A cross from AZPILICUETA was touched away by VERTONGHEN only for NKANTÉ to drill the ball back into the box for PJANIC to force over the line. (3-1 Chelsea)
39¹A mix up in the Chelsea defence enabled MUNIAIN to volley an effort over.
40¹A twenty-five yard shot from MUNIAIN caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
42¹GOAL!! After some useful play on the right PJANIC came inside and placed the ball into the back of the net. (4-1 Chelsea)
45¹WIJNALDUM made space on the right and knocked the ball to MUNIAIN who fired the ball over.
A tame strike from HIGUAÍN trickled agonisingly wide.
The bemused 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from WIJNALDUM dropped just over.
An exceptional effort from RAHMAN scraped the outside of the post.
13²HAZARD drove a looping shot over from just outside the area.
18²RONALDINHO floated the ball to FILIPE LUIS who headed it just beyond the far post.
23²DRINKWATER booked for a high foul.
26²IRAOLA fluffed a simple chance.
28²A pin-point pass was collected by MUNIAIN and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide.
30²A good ball from MUNIAIN on the left found HIGUAÍN who scuffed his effort inches wide.
33²A perfect shot from MUNIAIN was dealt with by a good parry from BRAVO.

 
Chelsea
 
League position: 11
Home league form: WXXX
Overall league form: WXWXWLXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Claudio BRAVO1JÚLIO CÉSAR Soares
Cesar AZPILICUETA2Andoni IRAOLA
Baba RAHMAN3FILIPE LUIS Karsmirski
N'Golo KANTÉ4BEÑAT Etxebarria
DAVID LUIZ Moreira5Leonardo BONUCCI(c)
Branislav IVANOVIC6Jan VERTONGHEN
Daniel DRINKWATER7Georginio WIJNALDUM
Eden HAZARD8Iker MUNIAIN
(p)DIEGO da Silva COSTA9Gonzalo HIGUAÍN(p)
(f)Miralem PJANIC10Kevin GAMEIRO(f)
PEDRO Eliezer11RONALDINHO
Manager
WILLIAN Borges  12  Gonzalo RODRÍGUEZ
Sergio ROMERO  13  Tommy FORECAST
Loïc RÉMY  14  Kyriakos PAPADOPOULOS
Tranquillo BARNETTA  15  Gilles SUNU
Michy BATSHUAYI  16  Vladimír WEISS
 
Bradford City
 
League position: 8
Away league form: WLLL
Overall league form: WWWLWLWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Chelsea 4 Bradford City 1
(Half-time: 4-1, Attendance: 45,359, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Rob Shoebridge 7½)

Diego Costa 13¹, Pedro 16¹, Pjanic 36¹, Pjanic 42¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Filipe Luis 26¹
  
  
Nkanté 23¹, Drinkwater 23² 
51
119
116
54
78
1212
03
47%53%
Man of the match: Daniel Drinkwater