West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 23 August 2015
Result
West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 23 August 2015, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-3
West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Chelsea: match report
West Bromwich Albion lost to Chelsea 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 August 2015. The half-time score was 1-3.
Pedro opened the scoring in the 20th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goals came from James Morrison (35') and James Morrison (59'). Chelsea scored through Pedro (20'), Diego Costa (30') and César Azpilicueta (42').
Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 18th on 1 point from 2 and Chelsea 16th on 1 point from 2. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and Chelsea 9th with 54.
West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 West Bromwich Albion wins, 1 draw and 5 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 14'Missed penalty · James Morrison
- 17'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
- 20'Goal · Pedro
- 30'Goal · Diego Costa
- 35'Goal · James Morrison
- 37'Yellow card · James McClean
- 42'Goal · César Azpilicueta
- 54'Red card · John Terry
- 59'Goal · James Morrison
- 71'Yellow card · Callum McManaman
Head-to-head
Team news
West Bromwich Albion expected line-up (4-4-2)
Boaz Myhill, Gareth McAuley, Chris Brunt, Craig Dawson, Jonas Olsson, Claudio Yacob, Darren Fletcher, Craig Gardner, James Morrison, Daniel Schütz
Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Gary Cahill, Branislav Ivanović, John Terry, César Azpilicueta, Eden Hazard, Nemanja Matić, Cesc Fàbregas, Willian, Ramires, Diego Costa