Chelsea 2-0 Hull City - As it happened
Re-live the victory of the Premier League leaders - complete with a goal by 'prodigal son' Diego Costa over a gutsy Hull City at Stamford Bridge.
FULL-TIME: Chelsea 2-0 Hull City
Chelsea were not brilliant today but nobody can question their effectiveness. A deserved win for Conte's men, who extend their lead in the standings to eight points from second-placed Arsenal. Hull have a lot of fight in them but remain second from bottom with just 16 points.
Four minutes of injury time
There were not as many delays in the second half
Hull miss a good chance
Niasse forces Courtois into a great save with a shot from the left angle.
Chelsea make third change
Costa comes off amidst cheers of 'Diego, Diego' at Stamford Bridge, Batshuayi comes on
Big chance for Chelsea
Fabregas plays a through ball for Costa, who cannot beat goalkeeper Jakupovic from close range
GOAL: Chelsea 2-0 Hull City (Cahill, 81 mins)
Fabregas takes a free-kick from the left and sends it into the heart of the box where an unmarked Cahill surges to head it to the back of the net
Hull make third change
Adama Diomande replaces Hernandez
Double change for Chelsea
Hazard and Pedro come off, Willan and Fabregas come on
Hull continue to hassle Chelsea
The visitors have not created spectacular chances but are making life difficult for Chelsea, as the game in played mainly in the Blues' half for the past 10-15 minutes
Hull miss chance to draw level
Hull have really pushed Chelsea hard in the first 20 minutes of the second half and now the ball falls upon Dawson in the area but his shot from an angle goes wide
Hull make a change
Curtis Davies is replaced by Niasse
Chelsea miss a chance
Costa has a pop from long range but Jakupovic is well positioned and saves
What a save by Courtois!
The Chelsea goalkeeper gets down to his right to save a long powerful strike by Meyler
Robertson is booked
The Hull player receives a yellow card for a tough challenge on Moses
Hull penalty appeal rejected
Alonso came in strong on Hernandez as the Hull striker was moving out of the Chelsea box and kicked his heel. It looked like a penalty...
Second half under way
No changes for either team at the interval
HALF-TIME: Chelsea 1-0 Hull City
Great final minutes in a very long first half for Chelsea and Diego Costa has already redeemed himself at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea have not been brilliant but they certainly deserve to go into the break with the lead
GOAL: Chelsea 1-0 Hull City (Costa, 45+6 mins)
Moses gets down the right and sends in a clever low cross which Hazard lets pass by, for Costa to drill it into the bottom corner.
Chelsea miss a chance
A beautiful low cross by Alonso from the left is almost tapped in by Kane, but the Hull goalkeeper gets to the ball first
Nine minutes of added time
Which sounds about right, considering how long the incident that led to Mason's change was
Kante is booked
He becomes the first Chelsea player to see the yellow card today
Courtois saves Chelsea!
A long strike by Maguire is deflected on a Chelsea defender and the Belgian goalkeeper extends all the way to his right corner to save it
Diego Costa goal ruled out
Costa scores on his return but it is correctly disallowed for offside - as clear as they come
Chelsea dominate but don't create chances
Chelsea are monopolising possession now but it's been quite sterile. Meanwhile Hull are happy to have nine men behind the ball and look for a chance to break
Chelsea penalty claim rejected
Pedro is pushed from behind as he is expecting a high ball to fall on his feet in the box. but the referee signals to play on
Chelsea miss a chance
An Alonso strike from outside the box is deflected and Jakupovic has to stretch to his left corner to save it
Davies is booked
The Hull player fouled Kante as Chelsea were looking to break up the pitch
Hull miss a chance
Maguire finds himself almost free in the middle of the Chelsea defence following a corner kick but his header is blocked by Courtois
Forced change for Hull
Ryan Mason is carried out on a stretcher and Meyler comes on to replace him. Cahill on the other hand seems to be well enough to continue
Cahill and Mason injured
The Chelsea defender and the Hull player clashed heads as they were trying to get to the ball following a corner-kick from Pedro. It looked so painful the referee immediately called the physios to come on
Hull miss a chance
Huddlestone plays a beautiful one-two with Evandro but his shot is just wide of Courtois's left-hand post
Dawson is booked
The Gull defender sees the yellow card for a late challenge on Pedro
Costa immediately misses chance!
It took Diego Costa approximately 10 seconds to shoot just wide off Hull's post. He looks motivated to make the most of his eagerly anticipated return to Chelsea's line-up
Game is under way
Costa kick-offs for Chelsea
The two teams are coming out on the pitch
Kick-off is in five minutes
Official line-ups announced
And yes, Diego Costa is back!
Chelsea XI: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill; Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso; Pedro, Diego Costa, Hazard
Subs: Begovic, Ake, Zouma, Chalobah, Fabregas, Willian, Batshuayi.
Hull City XI: Jakupovic, Maguire, Dawson, Davies, Elabdellaoui, Mason, Huddlestone, Clucas, Robertson, Evandro, Hernandez.
Subs: Meyler, Maloney, Diomande, Marshall, Niasse, Tymon, Bowen
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