Chelsea 1-1 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2016
Result
Chelsea 1-1 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 1-1 Stoke City: match report
Chelsea drew with Stoke City 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 March 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Bertrand Traoré opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Chelsea's goal came from Bertrand Traoré (39'). Stoke City scored through Andrea Pirlo (85').
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 7th on 43 points from 28 and Stoke City 11th on 39 points from 28. Chelsea went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Stoke City 13th with 45.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mame Diouf of Stoke City (8.0), ahead of Jack Butland (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 2 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Stoke City's W-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 39'Goal · Bertrand Traoré
- 45'Yellow card · Oscar
- 53'Yellow card · Erik Pieters
- 73'Yellow card · Glenn Whelan
- 85'Goal · Andrea Pirlo
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, Branislav Ivanović, John Terry, Kurt Zouma, Willian, John Mikel Obi, Cesc Fàbregas, Pedro, Diego Costa
Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jack Butland, Geoff Cameron, Philipp Wollscheid, Marc Muniesa, Erik Pieters, Glenn Whelan, Giannelli Imbula, Xherdan Shaqiri, Ibrahim Afellay, Marko Arnautovic, Mame Diouf