Chelsea 3-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 24 May 2015
Result
Chelsea 3-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Sunday 24 May 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Chelsea 3-1 Sunderland: match report
Chelsea beat Sunderland 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 May 2015. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Steven Fletcher opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Diego Costa (37', penalty), Loïc Rémy (70') and Loïc Rémy (88'). Sunderland scored through Steven Fletcher (26').
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 80 points from 37 and Sunderland 16th on 38 points from 37. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and Sunderland 17th with 38.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-D-W-W-D and Sunderland's D-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Steven Fletcher
- 32'Yellow card · J. Rodwell
- 37'Penalty goal · Diego Costa
- 42'Yellow card · Juan Cuadrado
- 70'Goal · Loïc Rémy
- 82'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
- 88'Goal · Loïc Rémy
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Gary Cahill, Branislav Ivanović, John Terry, Eden Hazard, Cesc Fàbregas, Nemanja Matić, Ramires, Willian, Diego Costa
Sunderland expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Costel Pantilimon, Patrick van Aanholt, John O'Shea, Billy Jones, Sebastián Coates, Jermain Defoe, Connor Wickham, Sebastian Larsson, Lee Cattermole, Jordi Gómez, Danny Graham