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Commentary
0¹A corner fell to MORATA who forced an effort wide.
9¹GOAL!! An energetic AZPILICUETA ran down the wing and knocked the ball back for TRIPPIER to slip home. (1-0 Chelsea)
14¹TONI rattled a simple chance past the near post.
27¹The Preston North End 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from ZIYECH.
31¹MORATA waltzed round SPRINGETT and stabbed a tame shot over the bar.
32¹A accurate pass fell to MORATA and his left foot shot flew narrowly wide.
33¹A shot from RIIS was nodded off the line by AZPILICUETA.
38¹KOVACIC beat a number of Preston North End players and stroked a golden opportunity over the bar.
41¹RIIS shot over.
45¹RIIS snapped at an easy chance.
4²GOAL!! A shot from POTTS was kicked off the line only for LINDSAY to tuck the ball home. (1-1)
8²GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled ZIYECH to drive the ball home. (2-1 Chelsea)
13²A penalty box scramble resulted in ZIYECH driving a low shot wide.
14²A free-kick from RIIS raced over the bar.
14²GILMOUR ran onto a wonderful ball from KOVACIC but dragged his effort wide.
16²WERNER drove a right foot shot just wide from twenty yards out.
18²A fine ball from ZAROURY on the right found RIIS who sliced his effort wide.
29²GOAL!! Showing lots of skill TRIPPIER dribbled past OLOSUNDE and lashed the ball past the 'keeper. (3-1 Chelsea)
38²HALL hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area.
38²Uncertainty in the Chelsea defence enabled POTTS to blast the ball inches over.
44²GOAL!! A poor backpass by GUENDOUZI enabled TONI to nip in and flick the ball past BULKA. (3-2 Chelsea)
46²GOAL!! KOVACIC made space for MORATA who, after an interchange of passes twenty yards out, glanced the ball past the 'keeper. (4-2 Chelsea)

 
Chelsea
 
League position: 2
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: WWXXWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Marcin BULKA6½15½David CORNELL
Kieran TRIPPIER7½26 Matthew OLOSUNDE
Lewis HALL7 37 Andrew HUGHES
Mateo KOVACIC8 47 Alan BROWNE
(c)THIAGO Emiliano SILVA7 57 Liam LINDSAY
Cesar AZPILICUETA6 67 Bambo DIABY
Noni MADUEKE5 76 Tony SPRINGETT
Hakim ZIYECH7 85½Anass ZAROURY
(p)Álvaro MORATA7½96½Emil RIIS(p)
(f)Billy GILMOUR6½105½Brad POTTS(f)
Timo WERNER7½116 TONI(c)
Manager
Malang SARR  12  Fraser HORNBY
Olivier GIROUD  13  Patrick BAUER
Mattéo GUENDOUZI8 146½Ben PEARSON
Callum HUDSON-ODOI  15  Alistair McCANN
Denis ZAKARIA  16  EOM Ji-sung
 
Preston North End
 
League position: 22
Away league form: LXLX
Overall league form: WLLLXLLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Chelsea 4 Preston North End 2
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 45,416, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Jirí Lerch 6)

Trippier 9¹, Ziyech 8², Trippier 29², Morata 46²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Lindsay 4², Toni 44²
MaduekeóGuendouzi 31²DiabyóPearson 17²
  
  
32
313
52
63
187
2410
21
55%45%
Man of the match: Mattéo Guendouzi