Chelsea v Stoke City, 31 December 2016

Score4-2 to Chelsea
RefereeBobby Madley
CompetitionPremier League
VenueStamford Bridge
Attendance41,601

View Chelsea v Stoke City head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Stoke City remained without a league win at Chelsea since 27 April 1974.

4 Chelsea

2 Stoke City

Goals:

Gary Cahill 34 G
Willian 57 G
Willian 57 G
Diego Costa 85 G

Goals:

Bruno Martins Indi 46 G
Peter Crouch 64 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois
Defender Gary Cahill
Defender/Midfielder César Azpilicueta
Defender/Midfielder David Luiz
Defender/Midfielder Marcos Alonso
Midfielder Cesc Fàbregas
Midfielder N'Golo Kanté
Midfielder Willian
Midfielder/Forward Victor Moses
Forward Diego Costa
Forward Eden Hazard

Starting lineup:

Lee Grant Goalkeeper
Erik Pieters Defender
Ryan Shawcross Defender/Centre back
Glen Johnson Defender/Full back
Bruno Martins Indi Defender/Midfielder
Charlie Adam Midfielder
Ibrahim Afellay Midfielder
Joe Allen Midfielder
Xherdan Shaqiri Midfielder/Forward
Peter Crouch Forward
Mame Biram Diouf Forward

Substitutions:

Nemanja Matić for Cesc Fàbregas 73
Branislav Ivanović for Victor Moses 82
Nathaniel Chalobah for Willian 84

Substitutions:

Bojan Krkić for Xherdan Shaqiri 61
Giannelli Imbula for Ibrahim Afellay 62

Cards:

Victor Moses 24 Y
Cesc Fàbregas 59 Y
Marcos Alonso 70 Y

Cards:

Mame Biram Diouf 70 Y
Charlie Adam 86 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Asmir Begović
Defender Branislav Ivanović
Defender Kurt Zouma
Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah
Defender/Midfielder Nemanja Matić
Midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Forward Michy Batshuayi

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Shay Given
Defender Phil Bardsley
Midfielder Giannelli Imbula
Midfielder Ramadan Sobhi
Midfielder Glenn Whelan
Forward Wilfried Bony
Forward Bojan Krkić

Comments:

League position: 1st With this win, Chelsea equalled the all-time top division record of 13 consecutive wins in a single season (also achieved by Preston North End and Sunderland in 1891-92 in League Division One, and by Arsenal in 2001-02 in the Premier League). This was the Blues' seventh consecutive home win in the Premier League; their best such run since November 2010. They had conceded only two goals in their preceding 12 Premier League games.

Comments:

League position: 14th Bruno Martins Indi's goal was Stoke City's 3,000th in the top division. Excluding own goals, Peter Crouch's goal was the Potters' first in the Premier League scored by an Englishman in 57 games since a 6-1 win against Liverpool on 24 May 2015. They had now won only one Premier League game in London in their last 20 visits since November 2014.

4 Chelsea

Goals:

Gary Cahill 34 G
Willian 57 G
Willian 57 G
Diego Costa 85 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois
Defender Gary Cahill
Defender/Midfielder César Azpilicueta
Defender/Midfielder David Luiz
Defender/Midfielder Marcos Alonso
Midfielder Cesc Fàbregas
Midfielder N'Golo Kanté
Midfielder Willian
Midfielder/Forward Victor Moses
Forward Diego Costa
Forward Eden Hazard

Substitutions:

Nemanja Matić for Cesc Fàbregas 73
Branislav Ivanović for Victor Moses 82
Nathaniel Chalobah for Willian 84

Cards:

Victor Moses 24 Y
Cesc Fàbregas 59 Y
Marcos Alonso 70 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Asmir Begović
Defender Branislav Ivanović
Defender Kurt Zouma
Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah
Defender/Midfielder Nemanja Matić
Midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Forward Michy Batshuayi

Comments:

League position: 1st With this win, Chelsea equalled the all-time top division record of 13 consecutive wins in a single season (also achieved by Preston North End and Sunderland in 1891-92 in League Division One, and by Arsenal in 2001-02 in the Premier League). This was the Blues' seventh consecutive home win in the Premier League; their best such run since November 2010. They had conceded only two goals in their preceding 12 Premier League games.

2 Stoke City

Goals:

Bruno Martins Indi 46 G
Peter Crouch 64 G

Starting lineup:

Lee Grant Goalkeeper
Erik Pieters Defender
Ryan Shawcross Defender/Centre back
Glen Johnson Defender/Full back
Bruno Martins Indi Defender/Midfielder
Charlie Adam Midfielder
Ibrahim Afellay Midfielder
Joe Allen Midfielder
Xherdan Shaqiri Midfielder/Forward
Peter Crouch Forward
Mame Biram Diouf Forward

Substitutions:

Bojan Krkić for Xherdan Shaqiri 61
Giannelli Imbula for Ibrahim Afellay 62

Cards:

Mame Biram Diouf 70 Y
Charlie Adam 86 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Shay Given
Defender Phil Bardsley
Midfielder Giannelli Imbula
Midfielder Ramadan Sobhi
Midfielder Glenn Whelan
Forward Wilfried Bony
Forward Bojan Krkić

Comments:

League position: 14th Bruno Martins Indi's goal was Stoke City's 3,000th in the top division. Excluding own goals, Peter Crouch's goal was the Potters' first in the Premier League scored by an Englishman in 57 games since a 6-1 win against Liverpool on 24 May 2015. They had now won only one Premier League game in London in their last 20 visits since November 2014.