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0¹ MURRAY hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area. 5¹ The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from HEMED. 5¹ GOAL!! An inswinging corner kicked out by SIDWELL was hit home by MOSES. (1-0 Chelsea) 16¹ The referee cautions DAVID LUIZ. 22¹ HEMED dummied NKANTÉ but nudged the ball into the arms of the Chelsea 'keeper. 27¹ GOAL!! MOSES brought the ball forward, looked up and slammed a shot into the Brighton & HA net. (2-0 Chelsea) 29¹ COURTOIS was able to claw away a fierce effort. 31¹ FABREGAS booked. 38¹ A weak shot from SIDWELL rolled agonisingly wide. 43¹ A pin-point pass fell to DIEGO COSTA and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide. 0² DIEGO COSTA shot over. 6² The hapless Brighton & HA 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from IZQUIERDO dropped just over. 9² GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with FABREGAS firing the ball into the net. (3-0 Chelsea) 13² FABREGAS headed wide. 17² A free-kick from HEMED floated just beyond the near post. 20² A wonderful save prevented HEMED from scoring a good goal. 26² The 'keeper parried a lovely strike from AZPILICUETA. 29² PEDRO drove a right foot shot wide from just outside the area. 31² A useful ball from PEDRO on the right fell to HAZARD who sliced his shot wide. 33² GOAL!! An energetic NKANTÉ ran down the right wing and touched the ball back for HAZARD to slide home. (4-0 Chelsea) 35² MURRAY stroked an easy chance past the near post. 38² HAZARD beat VITTOR and blasted the ball to DIEGO COSTA who fumbled his shot wide. 40² DIEGO COSTA dribbled round DA COSTA and rifled a tame shot into the crowd.

Brighton & HA   League position: 8 Home league form: XWWW Overall league form: LXWWWWWL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Niki MAENPÄÄ 5  1 5  Thibaut COURTOIS Danny DA COSTA 6  2 8½ Cesar AZPILICUETA Jack ROBINSON 6  3 6  DAVID LUIZ Moreira Anthony KNOCKAERT 7½ 4 8½ N'Golo KANTÉ Sergio VITTOR 7½ 5 7½ Branislav IVANOVIC(c) Hólmar EYJÓLFSSON 5½ 6 6½ Matt MIAZGA Steve SIDWELL 7  7 7½ Victor MOSES José IZQUIERDO 6½ 8 8½ Eden HAZARD (c,p)Glenn MURRAY 6½ 9 7½ DIEGO da Silva COSTA(p) (f)Beram KAYAL 6½ 10 7  Francesc FABREGAS(f) Tommer HEMED 6½ 11 6  PEDRO Eliezer Manager Solomon MARCH    12    Olivier GIROUD Michalis SIFAKIS    13    Wilfredo CABALLERO Uwe HÜNEMEIER    14    Michy BATSHUAYI Jamie MURPHY    15    WILLIAN Borges Liam ROSENIOR    16    Marco VAN GINKEL

Chelsea   League position: 4 Away league form: WWX- Overall league form: LWWWWXW- Formation: 4-3-3

Chelsea go through to the next round

Statistics

Brighton & HA 0 Chelsea 4 (Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 6,933, Stadium: Amex Community Stadium, Referee: Mark Haywood 6)   Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Moses 5¹, Moses 27¹, Fabregas 9², Hazard 33²           David Luiz 16¹, Fabregas 31¹ 0 9 6 3 7 4 4 5 4 8 8 13 4 1 42% 58% ¶ Man of the match: N'Golo Kanté ¶