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Commentary
6¹ZAKARIA booked for a bad tackle.
7¹A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Chelsea 'keeper.
12¹A deadly shot from LUKAKU was forced wide by the Darlington 'keeper.
18¹AUBAMEYANG's shot was well saved by LLORIS.
19¹A header from GUENDOUZI was hoofed off the line by LAROUCI.
22¹GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with LUKAKU firing the ball into the net. (1-0 Chelsea)
23¹ZAKARIA's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Darlington crossbar.
36¹LLORIS dived to his left to save a lovely drive from Chelsea's LUKAKU.
38¹A great effort from HUDSON-ODOI scraped the outside of the righthand post.
39¹GOAL!! KALAJDZIC hit a glorious thirty yard shot past the stunned 'keeper. (1-1)
2²GOAL!! The Darlington 'keeper got into difficulty with a backpass from WILLIAMS and LUKAKU was able to roll the ball into the net. (2-1 Chelsea)
4²A cynical challenge gets KALAJDZIC a yellow card.
7²GOAL!! Unlucky KOVACIC hit the crossbar before LUKAKU stroked the ball into the back of the net as JOVETIC failed to clear. (3-1 Chelsea)
12²WELBECK booked by the ref.
18²An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of the 'keeper by LUKAKU.
20²WHITESTONE cautions LEES-MELOU for violent conduct against HALL.
20²GOAL!! Chelsea were awarded a penalty after a foul on GUENDOUZI and LUKAKU put it past the Darlington 'keeper who managed to get a hand to the ball. (4-1 Chelsea)
23²KALAJDZIC ran onto a delightful ball from JOVETIC but pulled his effort wide.
24²A refined pass from JOVETIC was blasted goalbound by WELBECK only for the Chelsea 'keeper to block.
28²A twenty-five yard shot from KALAJDZIC caused the Chelsea 'keeper no problem.
46²KALAJDZIC shot wide.
47²LUKAKU booted the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.

 
Chelsea
 
League position: 13
Home league form: LXXO
Overall league form: WLXXXLOL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Marcin BULKA7 17½Hugo LLORIS(c)
Cesar AZPILICUETA7 26 Neco WILLIAMS
Lewis HALL7½36½Yasser LAROUCI
Mateo KOVACIC8½47½Pierre LEES-MELOU
Malang SARR7 57½FABINHO
(c)THIAGO Emiliano SILVA6 66 IGOR Julio
Mattéo GUENDOUZI6½76 Stevan JOVETIC
Callum HUDSON-ODOI7½86½Reiss NELSON
(p)Romelu LUKAKU7 96½Sasa KALAJDZIC(p)
(f)Denis ZAKARIA6½106 Mario BALOTELLI(f)
Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG6½116½Danny WELBECK
Manager
Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK  12  Frédéric GUILBERT
Gabriel SLONINA  13  Jon FLATT
Kieran TRIPPIER  14  Federico MACHEDA
Hakim ZIYECH  15  Matt RITCHIE
Juan FAMILIA-CASTILLO  16  Eli KING
 
Darlington
 
League position: 12
Away league form: LLWO
Overall league form: LLLLWWLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Chelsea 4 Darlington 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 38,149, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Dean Whitestone 5½)

Lukaku 22¹, Lukaku 2², Lukaku 7², Lukaku 20² (pen)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Kalajdzic 39¹
  
  
Zakaria 6¹Kalajdzic 4², Welbeck 12², Lees-Melou 20²
32
416
35
114
75
189
73
48%52%
Man of the match: Mateo Kovacic