Stoke City 1-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 March 2017
Result
Stoke City 1-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 18 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Stoke City 1-2 Chelsea: match report
Stoke City lost to Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 March 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Willian opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Stoke City's goal came from Jonathan Walters (38', penalty). Chelsea scored through Willian (13') and Gary Cahill (87').
Discipline: Stoke City received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stoke City were 9th on 36 points from 28 and Chelsea 1st on 66 points from 27. Stoke City went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Chelsea 1st with 93.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to N'Golo Kanté of Chelsea (8.3), ahead of Willian (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 1 draw and 7 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Willian
- 15'Yellow card · Joe Allen
- 17'Yellow card · Diego Costa
- 38'Penalty goal · Jonathan Walters
- 40'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 65'Yellow card · Bruno Martins Indi
- 65'Yellow card · Erik Pieters
- 87'Goal · Gary Cahill
- 90+1'Yellow card · Geoff Cameron
- 90+4'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
- 90+5'Second yellow · Phil Bardsley
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City line-up (4-4-2)
Lee Grant, Phil Bardsley, Ryan Shawcross, Bruno Martins Indi, Erik Pieters, Marko Arnautovic, Geoff Cameron, Joe Allen, Ramadan Sobhi, Jonathan Walters, Daniel Schütz
Chelsea line-up (3-4-3)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N'Golo Kanté, Nemanja Matić, Marcos Alonso, Willian, Diego Costa, Pedro