The story
Chelsea beat Leicester 4-2 at Stamford Bridge in FA Cup, matchday 1.
Chelsea's goals came from Marc Cucurella (13'), Cole Palmer (45+1'), Carney Chukwuemeka (90+2'), Noni Madueke (90+8') and an own goal by Axel Disasi (51'); Stephy Mavididi (62') replied for Leicester.
It was 2-0 at half-time.
Callum Doyle of Leicester was sent off (73').
Chelsea had 59% of the ball and 26 shots to Leicester's 5.
Match stats
Key moments
- 13' Marc Cucurella Goal · Chelsea 1-0 Assist: Nicolas Jackson
- 45+1' Cole Palmer Goal · Chelsea 2-0 Assist: Raheem Sterling
- 51' Axel Disasi Own goal · Chelsea 3-0
- 62' Stephy Mavididi Goal · Leicester 3-1 Assist: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
- 73' Callum Doyle Sent off · Leicester
- 90+2' Carney Chukwuemeka Goal · Chelsea 4-1 Assist: Cole Palmer
- 90+8' Noni Madueke Goal · Chelsea 5-1 Assist: Malo Gusto
Line-ups
Chelsea
- Robert SánchezGoalkeeper
- Malo GustoDefender
- Axel DisasiDefender
- Marc Cucurellaoff 90'Defender
- Trevoh ChalobahDefender
- Conor GallagherMidfielder
- Moisés CaicedoMidfielder
- Mykhaylo Mudrykoff 78'Midfielder
- Cole PalmerForward
- Nicolas JacksonForward
- Raheem Sterlingoff 86'Forward
Leicester
- Jakub StolarczykGoalkeeper
- Jannik VestergaardDefender
- Wout FaesDefender
- Callum DoyleDefender
- Kiernan Dewsbury-HallMidfielder
- Abdul Fatawuoff 64'Midfielder
- Harry WinksMidfielder
- Wilfred Ndidioff 78'Midfielder
- Hamza ChoudhuryMidfielder
- Stephy Mavididioff 75'Forward
- Patson DakaForward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (9)
- 13' ⚽ Marc Cucurellaassist Nicolas Jackson
- 45+1' ⚽ Cole Palmerassist Raheem Sterling
- 51' ⚽ Axel Disasi (og)
- 62' ⚽ Stephy Mavididiassist Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
- 67' 🟨 Stephy Mavididi
- 73' 🟥 Callum Doyle
- 90+2' ⚽ Carney Chukwuemekaassist Cole Palmer
- 90+6' 🟨 Conor Coady
- 90+8' ⚽ Noni Maduekeassist Malo Gusto
Head to head
5Chelsea wins1Draws0Leicester wins
