Chelsea defeated Stoke City 1-0 in the FA Cup. The fixture is part of the 4th Round stage in the 2013 season. The match was played at Stamford Bridge in London. The full-time result capped a Chelsea vs Stoke City meeting in FA Cup with detailed post-match statistics available on Sportra. This match centre covers lineups, live events, player ratings, team statistics, xG, head-to-head history, and related news for Chelsea and Stoke City. On Sportra you can view xG, lineups, match statistics, events, player ratings, predictions, head-to-head history, and related news for this fixture.
FA CupRecorded meetings: 7 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
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Buildup, news and discussion before Sunday’s gamesThis weekend’s fixtures | Mail us with your thoughtsDave Estherby gets in touch: “Not sure about the pile-on for Russell Martin - it takes a very select set of skills to make three teams in succession worse. Love to know the odds on him being the next Tottenham manager.”Trouble at Fulham? Crystal Palace made it three defeats in three in the Premier League. Continue reading...
Fulham enjoyed a better expected goals (xG) of 3.13 than Crystal Palace (1.97), and also ran Chelsea close on the opening weekend. It led to booing from some Fulham fans, as well as chants questioning the team's performance. Alvaro Arbeloa will be no stranger to pressure.
Manchester City clung on to a nervy victory against the Sky Blues to maintain their 100% winning start to the season, but managed to get the job done courtesy of a string of saves from goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. Erling Haaland continued his fine start to the season by converting his third goal in as many games from Antoine Semenyo's deep cross, which came after Enzo Fernandez played through a slide-rule pass to the Ghanaian. Playing in the number eight role, Argentina international Fernandez was given licence to roam and make late bursts into the box - he touched the ball six times in the opposition area, with only Haaland managing more with 11.
The Gunners will be looking to continue the perfect start to their title defence, while Chelsea - who have also won two from two - will hopes to prove they can contend with the champions.
Christopher Nkunku reportedly turned down interest from Manchester United and Newcastle United in favour of an emotional return to RB Leipzig this summer. The former Chelsea forward had been made available by AC Milan after falling out of the first-team picture under Ruben Amorim. Want more CaughtOffside coverage? Add us as a preferred source on […] The post Report: Chelsea flop rejected summer move to Man United appeared first on CaughtOffside.
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