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Commentary
GOAL!! A hefty goal-kick from MARCH caught the Bradford City defence square and GIROUD nipped in to easily score. (1-0 Chelsea)
GOAL!! A short corner was chipped out to MARCH who shot the ball into the back of the net. (2-0 Chelsea)
10¹GOAL!! After WILLIAN was fouled the ref waved play-on and WERNER went on to comfortably score. (3-0 Chelsea)
12¹GOAL!! A corner flew into the goalmouth and WORRALL fumbled the ball into his own net. (4-0 Chelsea)
21¹GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled DJURICIC to dribble through the Chelsea defence and score. (4-1 Chelsea)
22¹A drive from GIROUD seemed a certain goal but JÚLIO CÉSAR managed to punch the ball away.
24¹A penalty box meleé resulted in GIROUD tapping a low shot over.
28¹MARCH was put clear by JONES and he pulled away from the Bradford City 'keeper but struck his shot just wide.
34¹BERNARDO SILVA made space on the left and touched the ball to BARKLEY who clipped the ball over.
36¹A free-kick from BARKLEY flew inches wide.
40¹A corner fell to DJURICIC who fired an effort over.
AZPILICUETA brought the ball away from SIMPSON and poked a poor shot over.
GIROUD shot wide.
An exceptional strike from GIROUD was dealt with by a fine stop from the Bradford City 'keeper.
14²A weak strike from GIROUD bounced agonisingly wide.
15²MARCH fired a left foot shot inches over from long range.
20²JONES fluffed a simple chance.
21²An outswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the 'keeper by OTEH.
24²JONES booted the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
25²A pin-point pass found OTEH and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
26²An exceptional effort from THIAGO SILVA scraped the outside of the righthand post.
30²A shot from GIROUD was headed off the line by NELSON.
34²A useful ball from GIROUD on the left was collected by WERNER who scuffed his shot over the bar.
35²WERNER knocked the ball to AZPILICUETA who flicked it just beyond the near post.
39²MARCH rattled an easy chance past the near post.
41²BARKLEY beat ISMAIL and whacked the ball to GIROUD who hit his shot wide.

 
Chelsea
 
League position: 7
Home league form: WXWW
Overall league form: LWLXWWWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Marcin BULKA1JÚLIO CÉSAR Soares
Cesar AZPILICUETA2Danny SIMPSON
Solomon MARCH3THIAGO Carleto
Mateo KOVACIC4Georginio WIJNALDUM(c)
(c)THIAGO Emiliano SILVA5Joe WORRALL
Phil JONES6Curtis NELSON
BERNARDO Mota SILVA7Sofiane FEGHOULI
WILLIAN Borges8Filip DJURICIC
(p)Olivier GIROUD9Aramide OTEH(p)
(f)Ross BARKLEY10Iker MUNIAIN(f)
Timo WERNER11Shay McCARTAN
Manager
Mattéo GUENDOUZI  12  Marko MARIN
Rory WATSON  13BEÑAT Etxebarria
Gonzalo HIGUAÍN  14  Callum COOKE
Kieran TRIPPIER  15  Omari PATRICK
Charlie MULGREW  16Zeli ISMAIL
 
Bradford City
 
League position: 21
Away league form: XOOW
Overall league form: LXLOLOWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Chelsea 4 Bradford City 1
(Half-time: 4-1, Attendance: 44,698, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Hilmar Weilandt 8)

Giroud 2¹, March 5¹, Werner 10¹, Worrall 12¹ (og)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Djuricic 21¹
 SimpsonóBeñat 13², FeghoulióIsmail 18²
  
  
52
114
27
72
152
224
31
57%43%
Man of the match: Willian Borges