Sunderland 0-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 14 December 2016
Result
Sunderland 0-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Wednesday 14 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sunderland 0-1 Chelsea: match report
Sunderland lost to Chelsea 0-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 14 December 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Cesc Fàbregas of Chelsea in the 40th minute.
Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 20th on 11 points from 15 and Chelsea 1st on 37 points from 15. Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 24 points, and Chelsea 1st with 93.
Sunderland lined up in a 3-4-3 and Chelsea in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Cesc Fàbregas of Chelsea (8.7), ahead of César Azpilicueta (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 6 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Chelsea's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Cesc Fàbregas
- 43'Yellow card · Jermain Defoe
- 45+2'Yellow card · John O'Shea
- 56'Yellow card · Pedro
- 72'Yellow card · Fabio Borini
- 90+2'Yellow card · Victor Moses
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (3-4-3)
Jordan Pickford, Lamine Koné, John O'Shea, Papy Djilobodji, Billy Jones, Jason Denayer, Jan Kirchhoff, Patrick van Aanholt, Adnan Januzaj, Jermain Defoe, Fabio Borini
Chelsea line-up (3-4-3)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N'Golo Kanté, Cesc Fàbregas, Marcos Alonso, Willian, Diego Costa, Pedro