Chelsea 4-2 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2016
Result
Chelsea 4-2 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 4-2 Stoke City: match report
Chelsea won against Stoke City 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Gary Cahill opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Gary Cahill (34'), Willian (57'), Willian (65') and Diego Costa (85'). Stoke City scored through Bruno Martins Indi (46') and Peter Crouch (64').
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 46 points from 18 and Stoke City 13th on 21 points from 18. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Stoke City 13th with 44.
Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-3 and Stoke City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian of Chelsea (8.7), ahead of Cesc Fàbregas (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 2 for Stoke City.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Victor Moses
- 34'Goal · Gary Cahill
- 46'Goal · Bruno Martins Indi
- 57'Goal · Willian
- 59'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
- 64'Goal · Peter Crouch
- 65'Goal · Willian
- 70'Yellow card · Marcos Alonso
- 70'Yellow card · Andrea Pirlo
- 85'Goal · Diego Costa
- 86'Yellow card · Charlie Adam
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (3-4-3)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, Cesc Fàbregas, N'Golo Kanté, Marcos Alonso, Willian, Diego Costa, Eden Hazard
Stoke City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Lee Grant, Glen Johnson, Ryan Shawcross, Bruno Martins Indi, Mame Diouf, Joe Allen, Charlie Adam, Erik Pieters, Xherdan Shaqiri, Ibrahim Afellay, Peter Crouch