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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 41 (setup 6, season 21)
Chelsea
v.
Preston North End
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Marcus BETTINELLI17Alessandro PLIZZARI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
George BALDOCK27Wout FAES
Dylan WILLIAMS737Milos KERKEZ
Jorge Luiz Frello Filho, JORGINHO748Orel MANGALA
Andreas CHRISTENSEN757Ben DAVIES
Mathias Jørgensen, ZANKA667Dan-Axel ZAGADOU
Noni MADUEKE7Alan BROWNE
Cody Mathès GAKPO86Daniel JOHNSON
Mason BURSTOW79Emil RIIS Jakobsen
Sandro TONALI107Óscar MELENDO Jiménez
Hakim ZIYECH11Finlay CROSS-ADAIR
Manager
Callum HUDSON-ODOI12ROMÁRIO Manuel Silva BARÓ
Harry LEE13Fodé BALLO-TOURE
Bryan GIL Salvatierra614Ben PEARSON
Faustino ANJORIN15Ryan LEDSON
Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK616Matthew Olawale OLOSUNDE

Chelsea 0 Preston North End 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 42,371, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Kenny STAMATOPOULOS 8½)
Scorers89 Browne
89 Williams <=> Loftus-Cheek, 90 Burstow <=> GilSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
9Corners7
7Fouls8
4Offsides6
7Shots on7
8Shots off9
15Total shots16
6Shots saved6
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Orel MANGALA
18A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming BETTINELLI.
22JOHNSON poked an easy chance past the near post.
23BURSTOW ran onto a wonderful ball from GAKPO but toe-poked his shot wide.
29A strike from RIIS held little difficulty for the Chelsea 'keeper.
33JORGINHO's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
39ZIYECH beat four Preston North End players and slammed a shot over the bar.
41JOHNSON nodded the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
43Uncertainty in the Chelsea defence enabled JOHNSON to fire an effort just wide.
44TONALI worked the ball to MADUEKE, CHRISTENSEN collected his pass and kicked the ball within easy reach of the Preston North End 'keeper.
44The 'keeper saved a lovely shot from JOHNSON.
 
53A cross from MANGALA left MELENDO in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
56A fine ball from ZIYECH on the left fell to ZANKA who sliced his shot wide.
56A free-kick from MELENDO went wide.
58KERKEZ whacked a right foot shot wide from long range.
62WILLIAMS's shot beat the Preston North End 'keeper but rebounded off the Preston North End woodwork.
69DAVIES shot wide.
80A good effort from WILLIAMS scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
85A accurate pass fell to RIIS and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
89GOAL!! A cross from the right was flicked down by FAES for BROWNE to score. (1-0 Preston North End)
89An exceptional shot from BURSTOW was dealt with by a fine block from PLIZZARI.
90+1ZIYECH fired the ball through a crowd of players but PLIZZARI was a match for it as he dived to his right.
90+3BETTINELLI did well to hold onto a powerful strike from BROWNE.