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Chelsea start PL2 title defence with win

15 Sep 2020
Chelsea 1-0 West Ham, PL2

Dion Rankine marks his PL2 debut for Blues with the decisive goal against West Ham

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Substitute Dion Rankine scored the only goal on his Premier League 2 debut as Chelsea began the defence of their Division 1 title with a 1-0 win over Division 2 champions West Ham United.

Rankine struck on 76 minutes, only two minutes after coming on at Kingsmeadow, to give Chelsea's new PL2 coach Andy Myers a winning start.  

See: Chelsea report | West Ham match centre

Matchweek 1 results
Division 1
Chelsea CHE
1-0
West Ham United WHU
HT: Half Time: 0-0
Dion Rankine 76'
Assists
Myles Peart-Harris 76'
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Arsenal ARS
1-2
Southampton SOU
HT: Half Time: 1-0
Ben Cottrell 11'
Josh Sims 48'
Kayne Ramsay 52'
Kgaogelo Chauke 64'
Assists
Callum Slattery 48'
Will Ferry 64'
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Manchester City MCI
3-3
Derby County DER
HT: Half Time: 2-1
James McAtee 23', 70'
Liam Delap 42'
Liam Delap 73'
Josh Shonibare 45 +1'
Callum Minkley 86'
Luke Mbete 87' (og)
Assists
Samuel Edozie 23'
James McAtee 42'
Cameron Cresswell 45 +1', 86'
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Tottenham Hotspur U21 TOT
1-1
Brighton & Hove Albion U21 BHA
HT: Half Time: 1-1
Kazaiah Sterling 16'
Teddy Jenks 15'
Assists
Alex Cochrane 15'
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Liverpool LIV
1-0
Everton EVE
HT: Half Time: 1-0
Jake Cain 1'
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Manchester United MUN
0-2
Leicester City U21 LEI
HT: Half Time: 0-0
Ali Reghba 59'
Mitchell Clark 85'
Assists
Layton Ndukwu 85'
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Division 2
Newcastle United NEW
2-2
Middlesbrough MID
HT: Half Time: 2-1
Niall Brookwell 34'
Elliot Anderson 40'
Ben Liddle 11' (pen)
Isaiah Jones 64'
Assists
Rosaire Longelo 40'
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Wolverhampton Wanderers WOL
3-2
Burnley BUR
HT: Half Time: 2-2
Theo Corbeanu 11'
Bobby Thomas 45 +1' (og)
Austin Samuels 56'
Lewis Richardson 30'
Max Thompson 33'
Assists
Nigel Lonwijk 11'
Ne-Jai Tucker 30'
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West Bromwich Albion WBA
3-1
Aston Villa AVL
HT: Half Time: 1-0
Zak Brown 33'
Owen Windsor 90 +1' (pen), 90 +7' (pen)
Jaden Philogene 84'
Assists
Tyrese Dyce 33'
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Norwich City NOR
3-0
Reading RDG
HT: Half Time: 2-0
Andrew Omobamidele 14'
Danel Sinani 28'
Josip Drmic 64'
Assists
Reece McAlear 14'
Sam McCallum 28'
Josh Giurgi 64'
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Stoke City STK
4-0
Leeds United LEE
HT: Half Time: 2-0
Gabriel Kyeremateng 1', 27' (pen), 59', 66'
Assists
Douglas James-Taylor 1'
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