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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea, the Premier League's leaders and title favourites, will look to extend their lead at the top of the table to eight points with victory over a resurgent Hull City. Marco Silva has restored faith in Humberside, but they will need much more than that to take something against Antonio Conte's relentless juggernaut.
Sunday's Premier League fixtures
Southampton 3 Leicester City 0
Arsenal 2 Burnley 1
Chelsea vs Hull City - 4.30pm
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It’s a big game for…
Nathan Ake: The 21-year-old could be in line to make his first start under Antonio Conte following his return to the club. He impressed during his loan spell on the south coast at Bournemouth, so the home side will be hoping he can replicate this fine form at the Bridge.
Best stat…
Chelsea are unbeaten against Hull in the Premier League, with seven wins and one two draws.
Remember when…
This super strike from Frank Lampard put Chelsea ahead against Hull in 2011. The sublime technique is a true example of the Stamford Bridge great's striking prowess.
Player to watch…
Abel Hernandez: The Uruguayan looks in tremendous form under the management of Marco Silva. He’s getting goals, creating chances and he carries a presence on the pitch that seems to lift the whole Hull side.
Past three-meetings…
Hull City 0 Chelsea 2 (Willian, Costa)
Premier League, October 2016
Hull City 2 (Elmohamady, Hernandez) Chelsea 3 (Hazard, Costa, Remy)
Premier League, March 2015
Chelsea 2 (Oscar, Lampard) Hull 0
Premier League, December 2014
Form guide…
Chelsea: WWWLWW
Hull City: LDLWLW
Vital information…
Kick-off time: 4.30pm
TV: Live on Sky Sports 1, highlights on BBC One at 10.30pm
37 MINS
Hazard spreads the ball wide to Alonso, but he fails to find Costa inside of the box who had his hands in the air, yelling for a delivery. The home side look lethal down the left-hand side.
40 MINS
Chelsea persistently test the strengths of the Hull defence, but their efforts remain unrewarded. However, we have to remember that there will a substantial amount of additional time added onto this half following the Mason injury.
43 MINS
Hull appear to have had an injection of energy from somewhere, with Maguire forcing an impressive save from Courtois, His confidence on the ball is faultless, but it will take something more special than that to beat the Belgian keeper.
48 MINS
Pedro goes to ground right on the edge of the box following a reckless challenge from Davies.
The Spaniard stands over the set piece himself, but he crosses the ball into the box only to be met by the head of Meyler. A player of such ability should have gone for goal from there.
51 MINS
Pedro finds Alonso down the left-hand side, but his delivery into the box is just too quick to find Konte. The slightest touch on that and it would have been 1-0.
52 MINS
GOAL
CHELSEA 1 - 0 HULL
Who else but Costa?
Moses does well down the right and sends the ball low and hard into the box. It finds it way to Chelsea's top scorer and he calmly slots it past a helpless Jakupovic. What a time to get it.
HALF TIME
Hull enter the interval chasing a one goal deficit, following a goal from Costa in the 52nd minute. Chelsea were dominant throughout, but Silva's men have defended persistently and have shown glimpses of brilliance going forward. They are not out of it just yet, that's for sure.
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