Middlesbrough v Chelsea, 20 November 2016

Score1-0 to Chelsea
RefereeJonathan Moss
CompetitionPremier League
VenueRiverside Stadium
Attendance32,704

View Middlesbrough v Chelsea head to head

Kick-off: 4.00pm Middlesbrough had now lost all of the last seven meetings in all competitions and failed to score in all seven.

0 Middlesbrough

1 Chelsea

Goals:

Goals:

Diego Costa 41 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Victor Valdés
Defender Antonio Barragán
Defender Ben Gibson
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder Fábio Da Silva
Midfielder Adam Clayton
Midfielder Marten de Roon
Midfielder Adam Forshaw
Midfielder Gastón Ramirez
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Álvaro Negredo

Starting lineup:

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

Substitutions:

Stewart Downing for Fábio Da Silva 71
Viktor Fischer for Adam Clayton 73
Grant Leadbitter for Adam Forshaw 89

Substitutions:

Nathaniel Chalobah for Pedro 80
Branislav Ivanović for Victor Moses 89
Oscar for Eden Hazard 90

Cards:

Adam Clayton 8 Y
Calum Chambers 74 Y

Cards:

César Azpilicueta 51 Y
David Luiz 65 Y
N'Golo Kanté 73 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Brad Guzan
Defender Bernardo
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Emilio Nsué
Midfielder Stewart Downing
Midfielder Grant Leadbitter
Midfielder/Forward Viktor Fischer
Forward Jordan Rhodes

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Asmir Begović
Defender Branislav Ivanović
Defender John Terry
Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah
Midfielder Cesc Fàbregas
Midfielder Oscar
Forward Michy Batshuayi

Comments:

League position: 15th Middlesbrough failed in their attempt to win consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since August 2008. Boro had now taken four points from their six home games so far in this Premier League season. Only bottom-of-the-table Swansea City (two) had won fewer. They had now conceded only two goals in their last four Premier League games.

Comments:

League position: 1st Chelsea were now top-of-the-table at the end of a completed round of Premier League games for the first time since they were crowned champions in May 2015. The Blues had now won six consecutive games without conceding a goal for the fifth time in the Premier League. They selected the same starting line-up for a fifth time in a row for the first time in the Premier League era. Diego Costa became the first player to score ten goals in this Premier League season.

0 Middlesbrough

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Victor Valdés
Defender Antonio Barragán
Defender Ben Gibson
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder Fábio Da Silva
Midfielder Adam Clayton
Midfielder Marten de Roon
Midfielder Adam Forshaw
Midfielder Gastón Ramirez
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Álvaro Negredo

Substitutions:

Stewart Downing for Fábio Da Silva 71
Viktor Fischer for Adam Clayton 73
Grant Leadbitter for Adam Forshaw 89

Cards:

Adam Clayton 8 Y
Calum Chambers 74 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Brad Guzan
Defender Bernardo
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Emilio Nsué
Midfielder Stewart Downing
Midfielder Grant Leadbitter
Midfielder/Forward Viktor Fischer
Forward Jordan Rhodes

Comments:

League position: 15th Middlesbrough failed in their attempt to win consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since August 2008. Boro had now taken four points from their six home games so far in this Premier League season. Only bottom-of-the-table Swansea City (two) had won fewer. They had now conceded only two goals in their last four Premier League games.

1 Chelsea

Goals:

Diego Costa 41 G

Starting lineup:

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

Substitutions:

Nathaniel Chalobah for Pedro 80
Branislav Ivanović for Victor Moses 89
Oscar for Eden Hazard 90

Cards:

César Azpilicueta 51 Y
David Luiz 65 Y
N'Golo Kanté 73 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Asmir Begović
Defender Branislav Ivanović
Defender John Terry
Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah
Midfielder Cesc Fàbregas
Midfielder Oscar
Forward Michy Batshuayi

Comments:

League position: 1st Chelsea were now top-of-the-table at the end of a completed round of Premier League games for the first time since they were crowned champions in May 2015. The Blues had now won six consecutive games without conceding a goal for the fifth time in the Premier League. They selected the same starting line-up for a fifth time in a row for the first time in the Premier League era. Diego Costa became the first player to score ten goals in this Premier League season.