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Chelsea vs Cardiff

Premier League · Round 5 · Sat 15 Sep 2018, 15:00

Chelsea
41 Full time
Cardiff

Chelsea beat Cardiff 4–1 on 15 September 2018 (Premier League 2018-2019, Round 5). Goals – Chelsea: Eden Hazard 37', 44', 80' (pen), Willian 83'; Cardiff: Sol Bamba 16'. In 4 Premier League meetings since 2000-01, Chelsea have won 4, Cardiff 0 and 0 matches have been drawn.

Summary

Key events

  1. 16' Sol Bamba Cardiff · assist Sean Morrison 0–1
  2. 37' Eden Hazard Chelsea · assist Olivier Giroud 1–1
  3. 44' Eden Hazard Chelsea · assist Olivier Giroud 2–1
  4. Half time · 2–1
  5. 80' Eden Hazard Chelsea · Penalty 3–1
  6. 83' Willian Chelsea 4–1
  7. Full time · 4–1

Lineups

Chelsea

  1. 1 Kepa Arrizabalaga
  2. 28 Cesar Azpilicueta (c)
  3. 2 Antonio Rudiger
  4. 30 David Luiz
  5. 3 Marcos Alonso
  6. 7 N'Golo Kante
  7. 5 Jorginho
  8. 17 Mateo Kovacic
  9. 11 Pedro
  10. 18 Olivier Giroud
  11. 10 Eden Hazard

Substitutes used

Unused

Wilfredo Caballero, Andreas Christensen, Daniel Drinkwater, Alvaro Morata

Cardiff

  1. 1 Neil Etheridge
  2. 5 Bruno Ecuele Manga
  3. 4 Sean Morrison (c)
  4. 22 Sol Bamba
  5. 3 Joe Bennett
  6. 21 Victor Camarasa
  7. 8 Joe Ralls
  8. 7 Harry Arter
  9. 33 Junior Hoilett
  10. 14 Bobby De Cordova-Reid
  11. 9 Danny Ward

Substitutes used

Unused

Greg Cunningham, Brian Murphy, Lee Peltier, Kenneth Zohore

Head-to-head & form

Head-to-head since 2000-01

4Chelsea wins0Draws0Cardiff wins

4 meetings · goals Chelsea 12–4 Cardiff

Previous meetings

11 May 2014 Cardiff1–2FT · 15:00Chelsea
19 Oct 2013 Chelsea4–1FT · 15:00Cardiff

Form before the match

Last five Premier League matches, oldest to newest.

Final table 2018-2019

Full table
# Team P W D L GD Pts
3 Chelsea 38 21 9 8 +24 72
18 Cardiff 38 10 4 24 −35 34

Top scorers 2018-2019

All scorers

Chelsea

  1. Eden Hazard 16
  2. Pedro 8
  3. Ruben Loftus-Cheek 6

Cardiff

  1. Bobby De Cordova-Reid 5
  2. Victor Camarasa 5
  3. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing 4