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Commentary
GOAL!! INCE tried to play the ball out of the Reading penalty area but was tackled by MARTINELLI who nodded the ball to GREALISH for a simple goal. (1-0 Chelsea)
GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from O'RILEY shook the post and in the ensuing meleé the ball was headed into the net by HENDRICK. (1-1)
10¹GOAL!! An imaginative BADIASHILE played a wonderful ball down the right to VLAHOVIC who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (2-1 Chelsea)
17¹A pin-point pass found AARONS and his deadly shot flew narrowly over.
17¹VLAHOVIC made space on the right and dragged the ball to CASEMIRO who clipped the ball wide.
32¹GREALISH hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
34¹O'RILEY beat four Chelsea players and drove a shot over the bar.
46¹A free-kick from INCE went over the bar.
A left foot shot from DYBALA was tipped over by the Chelsea 'keeper.
MARTINELLI headed over.
DYBALA rattled a simple chance past the lefthand post.
The bemused STANKOVIC was all agog as a backpass from GUSTO fell just wide.
12²A cross from INCE left OBITA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
17²GONÇALO RAMOS knocked the ball to VLAHOVIC who flicked it over.
17²A header from HENDRICK was booted off the line by SHAW.
21²A penalty box meleé resulted in OBITA driving a low shot wide.
26²GOAL!! A shot from CASEMIRO deflected off the head of AARONS and flew past the helpless 'keeper and into the net. (3-1 Chelsea)
28²MASUAKU touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Chelsea 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
31²WILLIAMS shot over.
33²CASEMIRO's shot was well saved by the Reading 'keeper.
36²A good ball from GREALISH on the left fell to VLAHOVIC who mishit his shot wide.
43²STANKOVIC given a yellow card for a clumsy foul.

 
Chelsea
 
League position: 21
Home league form: LWWX
Overall league form: LWWWXLXX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Roman BÜRKI1Cican STANKOVIC
George BALDOCK2Malo GUSTO
Luke SHAW3Arthur MASUAKU
(c)Carlos CASEMIRO4Matt O'RILEY
Benoît BADIASHILE5Malang SARR
Sven BOTMAN6Max AARONS
Noni MADUEKE7Tom INCE
Jack GREALISH8Jordan OBITA
(p)Dusan VLAHOVIC9Thierno BALLO(p)
(f)GONÇALO Matias RAMOS10Jeff HENDRICK(f)
Gabriel MARTINELLI11Paulo DYBALA(c)
Manager
ZANKA  12  Michael MORRISON
Marcus BETTINELLI  13  Luke SOUTHWOOD
Dylan WILLIAMS14  Lewis BAKER
Cody GAKPO15  Andy RINOMHOTA
Conor GALLAGHER  16  Tom McINTYRE
 
Reading
 
League position: 23
Away league form: LXLX
Overall league form: LWLLXLLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Chelsea 3 Reading 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 40,479, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Lee Mason 7½)

Grealish 2¹, Vlahovic 10¹, Aarons 26² (og)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Hendrick 9¹
MaduekeóWilliams 9², BotmanóGakpo 32² 
  
 Stankovic 43²
66
169
1011
55
136
1811
24
60%40%
Man of the match: Carlos Casemiro