Huddersfield Town 1-3 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 12 December 2017
Result
Huddersfield Town 1-3 Chelsea
Premier League · Tuesday 12 December 2017, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Huddersfield Town 1-3 Chelsea: match report
Huddersfield Town lost to Chelsea 1-3 in the Premier League on Tuesday 12 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-2.
Tiemoué Bakayoko opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Huddersfield Town's goal came from Laurent Depoitre (90+2'). Chelsea scored through Tiemoué Bakayoko (23'), Willian (43') and Pedro (50').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Huddersfield Town were 12th on 18 points from 16 and Chelsea 3rd on 32 points from 16. Huddersfield Town went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Chelsea 5th with 70.
Huddersfield Town lined up in a 4-5-1 and Chelsea in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian of Chelsea (9.4), ahead of Tiemoué Bakayoko (8.1).
Going into the match Huddersfield Town's last five read W-L-L-L-L and Chelsea's L-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Tiemoué Bakayoko
- 43'Goal · Willian
- 50'Goal · Pedro
- 90+2'Goal · Laurent Depoitre
Team news
Huddersfield Town line-up (4-5-1)
Jonas Lössl, Tommy Smith, Zanka, Christopher Schindler, Chris Löwe, Elias Kachunga, Danny Williams, Jonathan Hogg, Aaron Mooy, Tom Ince, Steve Mounié
Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rüdiger, Victor Moses, N'Golo Kanté, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Marcos Alonso, Willian, Pedro, Eden Hazard