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0¹ PETAGNA given a yellow card for a bad foul. 9¹ HELANDER poked a simple chance past the far post. 11¹ A shot from MYKOLENKO was nodded off the line by WILLIAMS. 12¹ PETAGNA's shot was well held by the Birmingham City 'keeper. 18¹ GOAL!! Unlucky PAREJO hit the upright before PETAGNA rattled the ball into the net as PEDRO failed to clear. (1-0 Chelsea) 24¹ An exceptional effort from PETAGNA scraped the top of the crossbar. 28¹ GOAL!! Showing lots of skill GALENO dribbled past MAKSIMOVIC and tapped the ball past the 'keeper. (2-0 Chelsea) 29¹ GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with AJORQUE striking the ball into the net. (2-1 Chelsea) 35¹ BORRÉ beat three Birmingham City players and fired a great chance wide. 42¹ A cross from LO CELSO left DEL PRATO in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot. 1² A penalty box scramble resulted in VAN DE BEEK knocking a low shot wide. 3² PEDRO was put clear by MAKSIMOVIC and he raced past KOVÁR but struck his shot over. 6² GOAL!! A deep cross from KEITA on the left was nodded home by GALENO on the edge of the box. (3-1 Chelsea) 13² PEDRO's shot was well saved by the Chelsea 'keeper. 16² A good ball from DEL PRATO on the right bobbled toward PEDRO who mishit his effort just beyond the near post. 19² CAIRNEY shot over. 23² GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from MAKSIMOVIC rebounded off the the woodwork and in the ensuing scramble the ball was booted into the net by ISCO. (3-2 Chelsea) 25² PAREJO played the ball to BORRÉ who touched it just beyond the near post. 30² PAREJO beat KEANE and drove the ball to CAIRNEY who hit his effort wide. 36² A corner found PETAGNA who headed the ball over the bar. 38² PEDRO made space on the right and touched the ball to LO CELSO who touched the ball wide. 40² KING waltzed round DEL PRATO and stroked a weak shot well wide. 43² The Chelsea 'keeper stopped a neatly crafted shot from DEL PRATO.

Chelsea   League position: 17 Home league form: XLXW Overall league form: LXLXLWXW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Matej KOVÁR 6½ 1 6  Luigi SEPE Davide ZAPPACOSTA 6½ 2 6½ Enrico DEL PRATO Vitaliy MYKOLENKO 7  3 6  Dylan WILLIAMS (c)Daniel PAREJO 8  4 7½ Giovani LO CELSO Filip HELANDER 7  5 7  Michael KEANE Cheick KEITA 6½ 6 6½ Kevin LONG Tom CAIRNEY 7  7 6½ JEONG Sang-bin Wenderson GALENO 5½ 8 7  PEDRO Eliezer(c) (p)Andrea PETAGNA 6½ 9 6½ Ludovic AJORQUE(p) (f)Donny VAN DE BEEK 7  10 6  Nemanja MAKSIMOVIC(f) Rafael BORRÉ 7  11 7  ISCO Manager IRFAN CAN Kahveci    12    Ryan ANDREWS Alessio CRAGNO    13    Carl RUSHWORTH Raúl DE TOMÁS    14 6½ Josh COBURN Mauro ARAMBARRI    15    Todd CANTWELL Joshua KING 7½ 16    Maksim PASKOTSI

Birmingham City   League position: 16 Away league form: WWWL Overall league form: LWWWLLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Chelsea 3 Birmingham City 2 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 38,278, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Neil Swarbrick 7½) Petagna 18¹, Galeno 28¹, Galeno 6² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Ajorque 29¹, Isco 23² GalenoóKing 13² LongóCoburn 10²     Petagna 0¹   0 0 13 14 2 2 5 4 9 4 14 8 2 1 54% 46% ¶ Man of the match: Daniel Parejo ¶