Chelsea 2-1 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 4 April 2015
Result
Chelsea 2-1 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 4 April 2015, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Chelsea 2-1 Stoke City: match report
Chelsea defeated Stoke City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 April 2015. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Eden Hazard opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Eden Hazard (39', penalty) and Loïc Rémy (62'). Stoke City scored through Charlie Adam (44').
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 63 points from 29 and Stoke City 10th on 41 points from 30. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and Stoke City 9th with 53.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 1 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-D-W-D-W and Stoke City's L-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Glenn Whelan
- 31'Yellow card · Ryan Shawcross
- 39'Penalty goal · Eden Hazard
- 44'Goal · Charlie Adam
- 45+3'Yellow card · Stephen Ireland
- 62'Goal · Loïc Rémy
- 66'Yellow card · Charlie Adam
- 69'Yellow card · Philipp Wollscheid
- 90+3'Yellow card · Peter Crouch
- 90+3'Yellow card · Peter Crouch
- 90+4'Yellow card · Didier Drogba
- 90+4'Yellow card · Didier Drogba
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Branislav Ivanović, John Terry, César Azpilicueta, Gary Cahill, Nemanja Matić, Oscar, Willian, Cesc Fàbregas, Eden Hazard
Stoke City line-up (4-4-2)
Asmir Begović, Geoff Cameron, Ryan Shawcross, Philipp Wollscheid, Marc Wilson, Stephen Ireland, Glenn Whelan, Steven Nzonzi, Charlie Adam, Mame Diouf, Jonathan Walters