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| Chelsea v Stoke City: Premier League – live! | Chelsea v Stoke City: Premier League – live! |
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| An interesting stat from Sky: For any Arsenal fans hoping Stoke might do them a favour, this will make for grim reading. Stoke’s form away from home against teams in the top five of the Premier League is atrocious. Out of the last 102 points available on the road against sides currently occupying the top five spots, they’ve won just six. Six! | |
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| Jose Mourinho speaks ... | |
| The Chelsea manager uses his pre-match interview to suggest that while Diego Costa is physically fit, he suspects the player might not be mentally right for this evening’s match, as a result of stressing over his taut hamstrings. Hence he takes a place on the bench this evening, where he can be used as back-up if required. | |
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| Chelsea v Stoke City line-ups | |
| Chelsea: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Fabregas, Matic, Willian, Oscar, Hazard, Remy. | |
| Subs: Cech, Luis, Zouma, Ramires, Drogba, Costa, Cuadrado. | |
| Stoke: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross, Wilson, Wollscheid, Adam, Nzonzi, Whelan, Ireland, Walters, Diouf. | |
| Subs: Bardsley, Pieters, Muniesa, Arnautovic, Sidwell, Butland, Crouch. | |
| Referee: Jonathan Moss (W Yorkshire) | |
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| Don’t get too excited. This is pretty much what you’d expect. | Don’t get too excited. This is pretty much what you’d expect. |
| An early look around Stamford Bridge on matchday... #CFC https://t.co/yZiYpHEEJj | An early look around Stamford Bridge on matchday... #CFC https://t.co/yZiYpHEEJj |
| Updated at 4.29pm BST | Updated at 4.29pm BST |
| 4.15pm BST16:15 | 4.15pm BST16:15 |
| Happy Easter one and all. The Premier League leaders entertain Stoke City at Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea hoping to extend their lead at the summit to seven points over Arsenal, who thrashed Liverpool at the Emirates earlier today. The only team in England who are unbeaten at home in the league this season, Chelsea are hot favourites to see off a side with little to play for apart from the scramble to avoid qualification for the Europa League. | Happy Easter one and all. The Premier League leaders entertain Stoke City at Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea hoping to extend their lead at the summit to seven points over Arsenal, who thrashed Liverpool at the Emirates earlier today. The only team in England who are unbeaten at home in the league this season, Chelsea are hot favourites to see off a side with little to play for apart from the scramble to avoid qualification for the Europa League. |
| Stoke’s manager, Mark Hughes, has never won at Stamford Bridge as a manager and his team arrive on the back of defeats at the hands of West Brom and Crystal Palace. In their final match before the international break, Chelsea laboured to a 3-2 victory over Hull City. For the hosts, Diego Costa’s dicky hamstrings make him a doubt, while loanee Victor Moses will not be featuring for the Potters against his parent club. Kick-off is at 5.30pm (BST), but you ccan join us an hour or so before that for all the team news and build-up. | Stoke’s manager, Mark Hughes, has never won at Stamford Bridge as a manager and his team arrive on the back of defeats at the hands of West Brom and Crystal Palace. In their final match before the international break, Chelsea laboured to a 3-2 victory over Hull City. For the hosts, Diego Costa’s dicky hamstrings make him a doubt, while loanee Victor Moses will not be featuring for the Potters against his parent club. Kick-off is at 5.30pm (BST), but you ccan join us an hour or so before that for all the team news and build-up. |