English Premier League

Chelsea vs C Palace 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 27': Marcos Alonso
  • 40': Christian Pulisic
  • 58': Trevoh Chalobah
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3 - 0

Christian Pulisic fires Chelsea to victory over Crystal Palace

Christian Pulisic fired Chelsea to a 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Saturday against Crystal Palace.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 27': Goal! Chelsea 1, Crystal Palace 0. Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 40': Goal! Chelsea 2, Crystal Palace 0. Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  • 57': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Christian Benteke replaces Jean-Philippe Mateta.
  • 57': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Joachim Andersen replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.
  • 58': Goal! Chelsea 3, Crystal Palace 0. Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
  • 67': Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces César Azpilicueta.
  • 76': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi replaces Jairo Riedewald.
  • 82': Substitution, Chelsea. Kai Havertz replaces Christian Pulisic.
  • 86': Substitution, Chelsea. Emerson replaces Marcos Alonso.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Stamford Bridge
Location: London, England
Attendance: 38,965

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+32 Arsenal 27 58 3
+30 Manchester City 26 53 5
+10 Aston Villa 26 50 6
+10 Manchester United 26 45 5
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Statistics

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11 Fouls 15
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
2 Corner Kicks 5
3 Saves 1
38.3 Possession 61.7
4 SHOTS 13
1 ON GOAL 6
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
363 Accurate Passes 623
423 Passes 678
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 4
5 Crosses 22
0.6 Cross % 0.2
39 Long Balls 52
18 Accurate Long Balls 38
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
1 Blocked Shots 2
7 Effective Tackles 9
11 Tackles 21
0.6 Tackle % 0.4
9 Interceptions 11
24 Effective Clearances 8
24 Clearances 8

Line-Ups

CHE Chelsea (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
16 Édouard Mendy (GK)
4 Andreas Christensen
2 Antonio Rüdiger
14 Trevoh Chalobah
8 Mateo Kovacic
5 Jorginho
3 Marcos Alonso
28 César Azpilicueta
11 Timo Werner
10 Christian Pulisic
19 Mason Mount

CRY Crystal Palace (4-4-2)

No. Name
13 Vicente Guaita (GK)
6 Marc Guéhi
8 Cheikhou Kouyaté
3 Tyrick Mitchell
2 Joel Ward
18 James McArthur
44 Jairo Riedewald
15 Jeff Schlupp
9 Jordan Ayew
14 Jean-Philippe Mateta
11 Wilfried Zaha

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